[BradyLS]

Trumps appeal is easy to figure out, IMO.

1. He was a familiar name, face, and personae who was generally liked—even if he wasn't taken entirely seriously—and radiated confidence born of success.

2. He appealed directly to the people wherever they were and spoke with sincerity, delivered simple messages, with clear objectives.

3. He made friends of former opponents and built a coalition of support from them.

4. He campaigned in the general the same way he did in the primaries—he was never phony.

5. And perhaps most importantly: no matter who attacked him nor when, he was not afraid to fight back and often went on offense afterwards.

[RegulatorCountry]

He is what he is, no fakery with Trump for better or worse. That’s one strength a Democrat will never have, since they can’t come right out and be direct about what they actually want to do, they’ve got to speak in euphemisms and obfuscatory marketing-ese as the DC crowd perceives it.

He’s done what he’s done, and that’s quite a bit of accomplishment. That’s another strength a Democrat is highly unlikely to ever have, since their entire bench are political animals with no private sector exposure at all, let alone any private sector executive experience.

So, yet again, Trump is believable in this with his real world proposals, unlike Democrats who just do not know and indeed cannot know, what the hell they’re talking about as far as speaking to people who work for a living in the private sector.

It’s as if we’re on another planet to them, because to them we are, and it shows.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Good summary. It was also critical that he simply doesn’t know how to spout the drivel and mush you hear from career politicians. He spoke plainly and from the heart, he had a substantive message, and he continuously drove it home. What did we hear from Clinton? Nothing at all.