The Five Types of Trump Voters Who They Are and What They Believe

[Quixote1818]

This is an old article but is probably still pretty relevant. I got to thinking today, other than keeping immigrants and brown people out, exactly what do Trump supporters want? Sure enough, restricting immigration is their biggest issue if you scroll to the chart a bit down the page. Mostly just a bunch of racists who are all over the place on other issues:


Key Findings

This analysis finds five unique clusters of Trump voters: American Preservationists (20%), Staunch Conservatives (31%), Anti-Elites (19%), Free Marketeers (25%), and the Disengaged (5%)
There is no such thing as “one kind of Trump voter” who voted for him for one single reason. Many voted with enthusiasm for Trump while others held their noses and voted against Hillary Clinton.
Trump voters hold very different views on a wide variety of issues including immigration, race, American identity, moral traditionalism, trade, and economics.
Four issues distinguish Trump voters from non-Trump voters: attitudes toward Hillary Clinton, evaluations of the economy, views about illegal immigration, and views about Muslim immigration.

More: https://www.voterstudygroup.org/publication/the-five-types-trump-voters

[GReedDiamond]

1. They do have one thing in common, it seems...

...they are all fuckin morons.

[Quixote1818]

2. Yep

[Midnight Writer]

5. Exactly. The people they support lie to their faces everyday. Bold, outrageous, ridiculous lies.

No matter what their position is on these issues, why don't they see this?

I think what they have in common is personality traits.

I think the GOP "message" intentionally bypasses the logical mind and goes straight to the gut of people with certain personalities.

And now, with all the information about each of us on the internet, they can tailor a message and pick their targets.

[DBoon]

3. and here they are....

[Warpy]

4. Pretty good article

but I think they were describing Republicans, in general, not Dumdum voters specifically. They missed two of the noisiest groups: the Nixon Southern Strategy bigots and the rage addicts. While Dumdum might be losing many of the free marketeers and even a few staunch conservatives, his lunatic fringe base makes up the difference.

It was a pretty glaring excepion.

[Quixote1818]

6. Agree. I think the article misses some deep underlying racism

or is afraid to go there even though it kind of points it out unwittingly.

[czarjak]

7. The Civil and Voting Rights Acts sent poor Southern Democrats over the edge...

I know because I lived it. Racism then, racism now.Period.

[Sneederbunk]

8. Thought there were only two, dumb and dumber.