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? Theyâre white? Theyâre poor? Theyâre uneducated?
Youâd be wrong.
In fact, Iâve found a single statistically significant variable predicts whether a voter supports Trumpâand itâs not race, income or education levels: Itâs authoritarianism.
Thatâs right, Trumpâs electoral strengthâand his staying powerâhave 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, itâs very possible that Trumpâs 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 voterâs 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
You know, the extremists are propagating the falsehood that republicans are uneducated. While it is true that many republicans have not attended college, what these extremists fail to express is that by a large majority, those who have dropped out of high school support democrats. They are their most loyal supporters.
GULLIBILITY
And a great many Cruzbots are raving lunatic, religious nuts. So there.
I want the adults to take charge and demand the next President follow the laws we have and the Constitution.
2 Timothy 4:3-4New American Standard Bible (NASB)
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, 4 and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths.
Amen and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. It says so in Two Corinthians!
As opposed to...
You are correct that it is one big dog and pony show.
Trump knows exactly what the people want to hear. He will be a disaster as a President.
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THAT is my big fear...Trump gets in and proves to be a COMPLETE idiot when he can no longer get his way by BLUSTER & BRIBES.
Good luck with your small government solutions when Cruz loses to Hillary or Bern and the supreme court goes full libtard.
We’re beyond the point of fiddling about what sort of small government we want.. 8 years of trash needs to be swept up and heads need to be metaphorically broken.
It would be nice to have a true blue conservative like Cruz do this job, but sadly he won’t be able to draw enough crossover dems to overcome the usual ballot box shenanigans. He’s also too easily smearable as a “religious nut”, and he doesn’t quite have the charisma to be able to pull off the head-cracking that has to happen without the public losing their minds.
I am — very.....
Are you an anti-Christian bigot?
Oh, PLEASE! This is the MOST retarded b.s. spewed by a Democrat operative from a leftist propaganda page. It contains the obligatory NAZI reference, and is premised on a statement: “These questions pertain to child-rearing: whether it is more important for the voter to have a child who is respectful or independent; obedient or self-reliant; well-behaved or considerate; and well-mannered or curious.”
Since when is there any conflict about being BOTH respectful and independent, obedient and self-reliant, well-behaved and considerate . . .
Seriously, this article deserves ridicule, and while the Occupy and MoveOn relish this nonsense, it is contemptible at best.
Why because you've found someone else running for President you actually think you can TRUST? LOL, who's the gullible one? Trump is running on the billionaire ticket. He wants to protect the existence of America so he can continue to make money. That's about as honest as it gets.
IMHO this is unequivocal b.s. People are drawn to Trump because he speaks truth to the real authoritarians in our society.
This article is baloney, and I’ll crush anyone that disagrees!! ;)
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Yeah, who wants a POTUS who will take charge and cut out the rot in D.C. anyway? And who wants someone who will actally do something about our immigration problem the way he was elected to do. And how stupid to think he can do something about our 93 million out of work and our 19 trillion dept. What are those stupid Trump people thinking anyway?
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