Posted on 01/18/2016 8:47:32 PM PST by Another Post-American
f I asked you what most defines Donald Trump supporters, what would you say? They’re white? They’re poor? They’re uneducated?
You’d be wrong.
In fact, I’ve found a single statistically significant variable predicts whether a voter supports Trump—and it’s not race, income or education levels: It’s authoritarianism.
That’s right, Trump’s electoral strength—and his staying power—have been buoyed, above all, by Americans with authoritarian inclinations. And because of the prevalence of authoritarians in the American electorate, among Democrats as well as Republicans, it’s very possible that Trump’s fan base will continue to grow.
My finding is the result of a national poll I conducted in the last five days of December under the auspices of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, sampling 1,800 registered voters across the country and the political spectrum. Running a standard statistical analysis, I found that education, income, gender, age, ideology and religiosity had no significant bearing on a Republican voter’s preferred candidate. Only two of the variables I looked at were statistically significant: authoritarianism, followed by fear of terrorism, though the former was far more significant than the latter.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/01/donald-trump-2016-authoritarian-213533#ixzz3xf7hJoqW
Who reads the source anyway? Only those who want to know the source. Only those who would make good historically defined constitutional lawyers?
This seems to fit the evidence. Trump opponents are usually attacked personally or shouted down. It also explains why his support comes from all quarters in varying percentages. And there is certainly a cult of personality, with every flaw or contradiction overlooked.
“Same hero worshipping mentality, same disregard of evidence and facts.
Sad to see so many on this conservative site fall for the dog and pony show.”
HAHAHAHA!!!
Look at your tagline, genius! The irony!! :)
Once you have your conclusion, the evidence will be easy to come by.
My tag line?
What is my tag line genius?
You’re right. Any President that actually worked for the will of the American people and followed the Constitution and laws of the United States would be a disaster for the surrender monkeys in academia and government bureaucracy. Tough ttties.
u mass, amherst. lost any credibility right from the git go.
Oh, my bad. Not merely a tagline, but rather your primary FR identity - your username.
You proclaim a blind faith within your identity, then chastise others for looking for guidance and leadership.
You are a hypocrite of the first order. But def not a genius. :)
Authoritarianism.....
I totally disagree
the characteristics are more those of a LIBTARD
especially the EMOTIONAL aspects of the bobbleheads who put stupid there TWICE.......
TRUMP supporters are looking to UNLEASH AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM.... not SUBMIT to authority...
LIBTARDS act out of FEAR OF FREEDOM and thus are like the jiahdis.... that’s authoritarianism..... liebralism ...two equals... just like NAZIS....
So, nice try politico..... give it another go....
and exactly what type of psychological disorder prompts a person to EVEN CONSIDER ANY OF THE LIBTARD candidates...??? including a multiple FELON, communists and a failed mayor.... hey thanks for the fiasco called Baltimore...
TAX AND SPEND, LIMIT FREEDOM, LIMIT OPPORTUNITY, DESTROY THE FREE MARKET.... now that is real stupidity at work... and they love to submit to authority... and boss others around... hey buy the vote with submissive free stuff...
YEP...
” The problem is, this is precisely what small-government, liberty-minded conservatives don’t need.”
Absolutely.
The man praised Kim Jon Il and Putin as strong leaders.
He says his biggest weakness is a difficulty forgiving others.
When asked if he ever asks God for forgiveness he said no.
Former supporter of partial birth abortion and gay rights.
Builds casinos for a living.
Never elected to any office.
If he is the nominee I will vote for him, but wish we had a better candidate.
Christian Faith is not blind.
But I don’t expect Trump zombies to understand tag lines nor faith.
I do think it’s funny someone who calls themself a “conservative” is supporting someone who is anathema to everything conservatives have fought for and believed all these years.
But having 11m new legal Democrat voters by Trump amnesty will be great!! How do I know? The Donald tells me so!
We want the government to do the tings it is supposed to do. Borders, trade and infrastructure where needed. The US govt does not do those now so making them do their real job is going to make government bigger I guess on the margins.
“One time I had chicken marcala. It sounded like Marcella.”
A strange thing: I met a lady last night at church whose mother’s name was Marcella. This lady’s name is Priscilla, which is what my father wanted to name me when I was born. That was just weird.
I see you picked up your talking points from Politico, a vile, left wing, totalitarian, Goebbels propaganda web site. How droll of you, democrat troll.
So what?
Sooooo, let’s vote in someone who has a history of zero respect for the Constitution.
This is a real life example of the evil of democracies vs. the genius of a Constitutional Republic. In a democracy the retards end up voting in a “strong man” to clean house.....
Horse manure.
Some Trump supporters sure seem to be looking for a dictatorship. Please read the following chilling post which was posted by a trump supporter. Here is the post and the link. Please tell me that you and other Trump supporters are more reasonable and are willing to denounce this.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3385532/posts?q=1&;page=251
“To: driftdiver
What is needed is someone who has no moral values.
What is needed is someone who will stop at nothing to achieve the destruction of the Uni-party.
I could not care less if it were Donald Trump, Joseph Stalin,or Hitler. Anyone of them would be better for this country than the alternative.
This is not the election year for reasoned thought, this is the election year for survival. It requires a total lack of civility, decorum, and/or sophistication.
It would be a childishly naive imp to believe any sort of standard candidate could possibly save the Republic.
We are at war with absolute evil, for the reconstruction to start, the existing Mob must be decimated, then destroyed.
297 posted on ‎1‎/‎19‎/‎2016‎ ‎9‎:‎08‎:‎58‎ ‎AM by RavenLooneyToon (Trump or Cruz, if you don’t vote then STFU and leave the country, non-voters =non-Republic.)”
Was that a legit post, hard to tell with all the garbled symbols. If so, yes, that is beyond silly and any sane person would denounce it.
Yes, it was post 297 on the following thread. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3385532/posts?q=1&;page=251
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