Posted on 11/28/2015 6:09:42 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Donald Trump, as many people on the left and even some on the right agree, is undoubtedly and intentionally making controversial remarks on cultural, racial and religious issues.
But what's emerged as the more complicated question is whether Trump's supporters agree with all of his remarks. Are at least some of Trump's backers, as many liberals argue, racist or intolerant? In interviews, Trump supporters often say they like the mogul's blunt approach, that he "tells it like it is," without always detailing what "it is" that Trump is explaining so clearly.
In some ways, the Trump question is an extension of the debate over the last seven years about what drives the intense opposition on the right to President Obama. Some liberals, particularly at the height of the Tea Party's influence in 2009 and 2010, argued that conservative movement was a reaction to the election of a black president.
Members of the Tea Party angrily rebutted these charges, arguing they disagreed with Obama's policies and were not motivated by racial animus.
Pollsters, while not directly querying Trump supporters about their views on racial issues, have asked a number of questions over the last few months that help explain the perspectives of Trump's base. Here's what they've found:
1. Trump supporters are nearly all white, like the supporters of the other GOP candidates.
Most national polls and polls in Iowa and New Hampshire of the GOP field don't even include breakdowns of voters by race. Why? About 90 percent of Republicans are white, as are more than 90 percent of people in Iowa and New Hampshire, the two states where much of the polling of the GOP field is done.
Trump supporters are overwhelmingly white, but this does not distinguish them at all from Republicans who back other GOP candidates.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...
The Hispanics, blacks, women and cripples will be especially strong for Trump.
And how many of Trump’s supporters are “independents” or crossover Democrats unhappy with their own party’s choices or positions?
They can’t take out Trump, so they train their petty little weapons on his supporters.
The implication of the article is that minorities shouldn’t even CONSIDER voting Republican (for Trump or any other candidate).
Pravda media
“Trump supporters are nearly all white, like the supporters of the other GOP candidates.”
How on earth could anyone make a statement like this? Has someone contacted ALL his supporters and asked?
Are they trying to portray Trump as a racist? On what grounds? This is just plain idiotic, IMHO.
You should’ve asked your nephew to quote Trump’s comments about registering Muslims.
The “absolutely” remark was about building a border wall along our southern border.
Maxine Waters said that Barack Obama was building a voter database on every American that had all kinds of info. You want to bet that it includes religious faith and whether it is active or inactive membership (or dislike of theism all together)?
The Ministry of Propaganda sees no problem with blacks voting 95% for Obama, or convincing hispanics to vote as a bloc for Democrats, but tries to imply that if whites were to vote as a bloc it would automatically be racist.
Attempts at white guilt are increasingly falling on deaf ears.
We no longer care what the Ministry of Propaganda has to say.
They are trying to say you are a race traitor if you vote for Trump (or any of the Republicans).
The notion of “race traitor” itself is racist.
They are trying to say you IF YOU ARE A MINORITY, you are a race traitor if you vote for Trump (or any of the Republicans).
The notion of “race traitor” itself is racist.
Since NBC ‘news’ never talks to any of these Trump supporters, how is it possible for them to decide who and what they are?
“Trump supporters are overwhelmingly white”
So’s the country. Is there something wrong with that?
They got nothing but the race card. They conveniently ignore black conservatives, though.
2016: Go White, Go Right, or Go Home.
That the white vote has been so split is no accident. The GOPe attracts “conservatives” by dog whistles about religion and sex, the Democrats attract “liberals” with dog whistles about “bosses” and “benefits”, the whites are split and the Uniparty can keep selling out the nation.
Once we secure the border and kick out the invaders, we can settle the economic, racial, and social issues among ourselves. Until we secure the border, we have no future.
“They conveniently ignore black conservatives, though”
Both of them.
I guess that makes sense—to some low IQ voters, maybe.
I wonder if they’ll ask Democrats what they think of JEWS.
It's how most of the world conducts business, most of the time.
Low information voters are the only people “getting their news and views” from NBC.
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