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Here Are The Five Types Of Trump Voters
Townhall ^ | October 17, 2017 | Matt Vespa

Posted on 10/17/2017 12:16:05 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

We’ve all read the stories, heard anecdotes, and seen it spewed over the media—that Trump voters are all the same. They all have the same motivations, right? Not really. In fact, the Trump coalition’s views on economics and government are quite diverse. You notice GOP consternation about Trump bashing congressional Republicans from time to time—that’s not by accident. Most voters view Trump as an independent rather than the head of a major party. In fact, new polling shows that Trump is actually more popular than the GOP leadership in some key counties for the 2018 midterms. Not really a shocker to some, I know—but it undercuts the argument that Trump is a cancer to the party. So, who are these voters that back the president?

In June, the Cato Institute’s Emily Ekins found 8,000 voters to participate in the Democracy Fund Voter Survey and found that there is no such thing as one type of Trump voter. In fact, a good chunk of the Trump base is made up of economic progressives. The breakdown on Trump’s coalition is broken down into five groups: free marketers, staunch conservatives, American preservationists, anti-elites, free marketers, and the disengaged; 31 percent are staunch conservatives, 25 percent are free marketers, 20 percent are American preservationists, and 19 percent are anti-elites. Five percent are described as part of the Disengaged.....

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: deplorables; polls; teaparty; trump; voters
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To: VRWCmember
So you had no intuitive feelings at all on who was going to win?

I knew who was going to win instinctively every election since Reagan. I only misread the situation one time in '92. I felt in my gut Bush was going to win. The Perot factor messed that one up.

61 posted on 10/17/2017 1:13:25 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Staunch Conservative here.


62 posted on 10/17/2017 1:15:14 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: central_va

I guess I’m just a Silly American.


63 posted on 10/17/2017 1:16:42 PM PDT by CodeToad (CWII is coming. Arm Up! They Are!)
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To: CodeToad

Being a patriot means you are an uneducated racist homophobe to the left.


64 posted on 10/17/2017 1:18:20 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

This isn’t about intuitive feelings, it is about why people voted the way they did and where the support came from for the candidates. I dreaded a hillary victory, and on that Tuesday in November I was confident that Trump would carry Texas easily I did not have that same confidence for the rest of the country. When early returns that evening showed Trump performing well in some of the northeastern states that trend democrat I began to have some hope that he could pull off the upset. For the record, I voted for Trump because I had at least a semblance of a hope that his judicial appointees would be better than hillary’s would be — and an absolute confidence that they couldn’t be any worse.


65 posted on 10/17/2017 1:22:55 PM PDT by VRWCmember
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To: VRWCmember

If you cant see that Trump was leading a huge seismic shift in politics then you are not politically astute at all.


66 posted on 10/17/2017 1:25:36 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Billthedrill
 
 
or just people who were generally pissed off at the temerity of Hillary being a done deal and don't you dare say otherwise.
 
Hitlery was the Establishment candidate, ordained by and for "The Establishment". Probably the most toxic Establishment denizen ever to run for office - and people recognized it, went with the anti-establishment candidate who had the skillsets and enough cajones to take on the job and sincerely go against the flow.
 
 

67 posted on 10/17/2017 1:28:18 PM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
This is BS!

They are not counting us RED HEADS!!!

Largest minority in the world and not recognized.

68 posted on 10/17/2017 1:31:08 PM PDT by A Cyrenian (BECAUSE TRUMP SAID TO!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’m the first four.


69 posted on 10/17/2017 1:31:59 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (A person's greatest strength is his greatest weakness.)
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To: lapsus calami
Hitlery was the Establishment candidate, ordained by and for "The Establishment". Probably the most toxic Establishment denizen ever to run for office...

Absolutely. I think Yeb! might have had her beaten in terms of toxicity had he (shudder) been nominated. Now there's a happy thought...

The irony is that she was desperately trying to have it both ways at once: a fiery outsider as a woman candidate breaking that glass ceiling, and the Most Qualified Candidate In History with Senatorial and Cabinet entries on her resume, however dreadful her actual performance was in those roles. She managed to blow both of them.

70 posted on 10/17/2017 1:37:09 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trump voters: those with some brains and common sense.


71 posted on 10/17/2017 1:42:41 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trump voters: those with some brains and common sense.


72 posted on 10/17/2017 1:42:44 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Not sure I see my “type” on this list.

I voted for Trump because he was the most Conservative candidate who had any chance of beating Hillary Clinton.

I am absolutely a free enterprise capitalist, but I'm not sure Trump is, because building a real estate empire, like Trump did, almost always requires a partnership with local government, and Trump's stimulus package is straight out of futile Left Wing Keynesian economics.

I am a Conservative on self-reliance, gun ownership, law and order, strong military, and Supreme Court judges, but I am a dove on abortion, recreational drugs, and religious faith. Although some people would call me a Libertarian, I have only voted Libertarian a few times, and only for state or local government, when the Republican candidate has no chance of winning (think Seattle and Portland, OR)

I am not anti-elite, possibly because I never think of myself as inferior to other humans, just different, with different skills and passions. Plus, the Internet gives me access to so much expert information, I feel qualified, after sufficient study, to engage anyone in a spirited debate on a broad range subjects.

I am not disengaged, but I do feel politically helpless against America's suicidal immigration policies, which appear to be supported by an unyielding majority of American voters, and also appear to be supported by a very large and very vocal minority at Free Republic.

An America preservationist? After living on the West Coast for 20 years, I no longer feel patriotic. It's impossible for me to feel kinship with so many people who completely reject my political principles. I'm not sure what the endgame is for this issue - but I am more and more sympathetic to the idea of peacefully breaking up the “United” States of America.

73 posted on 10/17/2017 2:01:16 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: Billthedrill
 
 
Yeah, I was also thinking about Mr. Yeb! while typing that - not only as designated loser but also the failsafe in case something catastrophic happened to Clinton - so no matter what, The Establishment still got their candidate. And it's totally accurate that Hillary was really her own worse enemy, burned and done in by her own hubris. And she continues to double down on it to this day.
 
 

74 posted on 10/17/2017 2:05:08 PM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Read my tagline: I am ultimately unclassifiable, so stop trying.


75 posted on 10/17/2017 2:09:40 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyonse's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I pretty much fall into all 5 groups.


76 posted on 10/17/2017 2:15:09 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He forgot about one substantial group; the ABC crowd: Anybody But Clinton.


77 posted on 10/17/2017 2:28:05 PM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: pfflier

By branch I meant active/reserve. By service...and I should have used the word component...I meant Army, Navy, etc. I think military service tends to result in more patriotic citizens as they age. The vast majority of those men I know who served look back on it as a positive experience.


78 posted on 10/17/2017 7:44:37 PM PDT by MSF BU (Support the troops: Join Them.)
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