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Why so many people voted for Trump − 5 things to understand about MAGA supporters’ thinking
The Conversation ^ | 11/6/24 | Alex Hilton

Posted on 11/19/2024 5:03:10 PM PST by DallasBiff

For many people, especially those leaning left, Donald Trump’s disqualifications to be president seem obvious. Why did so many people vote for Trump again, they wonder, and how did he win not just the Electoral College vote this time but the popular vote as well?

Trump’s critics cite his two impeachments, multiple criminal indictments at the state and federal levels and a felony conviction as evidence that he is unfit to be president again. Opponents also say that Trump is a threat to democracy, a misogynist, racist, a serial liar and a rapist.

About 78% of Democrats and Democrat-leaning independent voters say that Trump broke the law when he allegedly tried to overturn the 2020 election results. But less than half of Republicans think he did anything wrong

About 78% of Democrats and Democrat-leaning independent voters say that Trump broke the law when he allegedly tried to overturn the 2020 election results. But less than half of Republicans think he did anything wrong.

I am an anthropologist of peace and conflict, and I have been studying what I call the Trumpiverse since 2015, when Trump descended a golden escalator and announced his candidacy for president. I later wrote a related book in 2021, called “It Can Happen Here.”

(Excerpt) Read more at theconversation.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: alexhilton; demagogicparty; demagogue; election; electoralcollege; mediawingofthednc; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; tdsinsanity; theconversation; trump
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LOL! an anthropologist describes the 2024 election.
1 posted on 11/19/2024 5:03:11 PM PST by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff
"...I later wrote a related book in 2021, called “It Can Happen Here"..."

No kidding. Let me guess: Trump is Hitler? Again?

2 posted on 11/19/2024 5:07:12 PM PST by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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To: DallasBiff

For Trump stalwarts, MAGA is not simply a slogan. It is a movement to save an America that is on the brink of failure.


Well, he did get that part right...................


3 posted on 11/19/2024 5:07:57 PM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are not longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: DallasBiff
Donald Trump’s Kommy-La Harris’ disqualifications to be president seem obvious.

Fixed it.

Harris’ parents were not citizens at the time of her birth, I am not aware that they are now.

She spent most of her youth in Canada.

She was and is not eligible to be President.

4 posted on 11/19/2024 5:16:01 PM PST by Pontiac (esse welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: DallasBiff

The arrogance and condescension in that article smacks of Dunning-Kruger syndrome.


5 posted on 11/19/2024 5:17:12 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: DallasBiff

reads like a fifth grader’s current events article


6 posted on 11/19/2024 5:17:20 PM PST by sopo
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To: DallasBiff

/eyeroll. Libs talking to themselves.


7 posted on 11/19/2024 5:18:40 PM PST by sauropod ("This is a time when people reveal themselves for who they are." James O'Keefe Ne supra crepidam)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

In response to this jackass article, I have four words from the 1983 movie, Red Dawn: “WE STOPPED THEM COLD”. No more language is necessary.


8 posted on 11/19/2024 5:19:17 PM PST by laconic ( )
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To: DallasBiff

“I am an anthropologist of peace and conflict...” stopped reading right there.


9 posted on 11/19/2024 5:21:28 PM PST by big truck ("This space intentionally left blank.")
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To: DallasBiff

This ought to be good.


10 posted on 11/19/2024 5:22:38 PM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: DallasBiff

The leftist anthropologist is studying the strange cultural mores of deplorables and garbage.

Lol.


11 posted on 11/19/2024 5:27:54 PM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
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To: DallasBiff

An anthropologist who is duly faithful to the liberal-leftist narrative. In one place he even uses the lethal tell—“without evidence,” thus revealing his willingness to deviate from objectivity to attempted persuasion.


12 posted on 11/19/2024 5:30:07 PM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: DallasBiff

Whatever they did they did not vote for him to have JD Vance, Cruz and that lame Marco Rubio not show up for a senate hearing allowing a democrat lifetime appointe get confirmed to a southern disctrict

More of the same old s$&t is not what they voted for


13 posted on 11/19/2024 5:37:01 PM PST by stanne
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To: DallasBiff

The list itself is not bad. Notice that he didn’t put misogyny or other usual such as racism there, which usually make to the list. However, the author couldn’t help himself by putting words like “...without evidence”.


14 posted on 11/19/2024 5:43:56 PM PST by paudio (There is a new math: 45 = 47)
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To: DallasBiff

From the end of the article Every article you read here is written by university scholars and researchers with deep expertise in their subjects, sharing their knowledge in their own words.”

And university scholars, who overwhelmingly vote to the left of Lenin, don’t lend their bias to their articles. </sarc>


15 posted on 11/19/2024 5:45:38 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Before you post a nasty, stop and think: "Would that person slap me if I said it in person?" )
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To: DallasBiff

“Donald Trump’s transition team i has begun a hostile takeover of the federal government.”

EXACTLY what President Andrew Jackson did!


16 posted on 11/19/2024 5:46:11 PM PST by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: sauropod

As usual.


17 posted on 11/19/2024 5:47:54 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: DallasBiff

18 posted on 11/19/2024 5:49:35 PM PST by Dilbert56
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To: Dilbert56

Kamala was selected and then stayed hidden. The primary is there for a reason. Especially when the MSM is fake gatekeeper news.Tim Walz was a huge mistake.


19 posted on 11/19/2024 6:03:25 PM PST by cnsmom
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To: DallasBiff

No leftist truly gets why we voted for Trump.

If he did, he’d have voted for him, too.


20 posted on 11/19/2024 6:06:25 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus”)
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