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Hanfei Wang's avatar

"Trump is not economically conservative" - That's his entire appeal! The only part that's unpopular is the tariffs, and that only because of the price increases.

"he’s not less hawkish" - He didn't talk about Canada and Greenland during the campaign, so at the time of the election, he was seen as less hawkish as compared to the Dems, who according to median voters got the US "involved in 2 wars" (Ukraine and Gaza).

"he is hugely religious-coded" - Lol, no. Not even most of his own supporters actually believe he's religious. The evangelicals vote for him because "evangelical" is a political identity, not a religious one, and they have no God separate from MAGA (this is not the case for, say, mainline Protestants, Catholics, or even Mormons, even if many of those voted for him as well). He hardly ever talks about LGB people, and loudly repudiated the extremist pro-lifers when he refused to support a national abortion ban and vowed to leave abortion to the states. Everyone, including his own supporters, knows he's a womanizer. In fact, that actually helps him - nobody believes that he'll ban something that he personally benefited from.

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P. J. Schuster's avatar

So basically he’s a liar, & they don’t care that he’s a liar, he’s also the most corrupt president in modern history.

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Hanfei Wang's avatar

Oh, they know he's a liar. It actually helps him. They (median voters, not the hardcore MAGA base) assume that he won't do what he says he's going to do, which is how they rationalize voting for him. I hear a lot of "oh, he'd never do that, it's just a bluff/negotiating tactic/a joke/exaggerating to make a point", but they think he's "directionally correct", in the sense that they want things to move more in his direction, under the assumption that it won't go too far because Trump always lies and exaggerates. And his first term basically cemented that image, as he didn't fulfill most of his most outlandish promises. People vote for him more because they're dissatisfied with things under the Dems and want to send a message to them. As for the democracy stuff? Again, so outlandish voters don't believe it, and since elections proceeded as normal last time...

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P. J. Schuster's avatar

Well, those “Oh he’ll never do that” voters are in the find out stage now!!

Oh, he’s not going to deport my tia, or my wife, she’s been here 20 yrs, she works, & pays taxes; he’s only going to deport the bad ones, the criminals. I sure hope they see how very wrong they were.

Believe me, I know about trump voters, my entire family are them!! Except for 1 nephew & his wife. It’s almost impossible for me to talk to them, because I just want to scream.

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