I had a friend that went from voting for Sanders in the 2016 primary to Trump in the general. I will never understand it. I tried for awhile. We’re no longer friends.
They are both considered populists but with radically different policies targeting different “enemies of the people.” It just so happens that one side thinks the enemy is anyone who is not a white straight Christian male.
Some people don’t actually care what the policies are, they just want someone to blame and follow whoever they think is fighting for them. It’s nuts but large number of American’s don’t do any basic political research and vote by gut feeling.
I can understand falling for populist rhetoric. Understand the idea of some Outsider coming in and shaking up the system being appealing. What I can’t ever understand is who the hell in their right mind thought Donald Trump of all fucking people would fight against corruption. That’s just so far beyond the pale of anything anyone has ever known or experienced from him. I don’t know how people fell into that trap. I believe it if almost any other person except him. It will never makes sense as long as I live.
I had a friend that went from voting for Sanders in the 2016 primary to Trump in the general. I will never understand it. I tried for awhile. We’re no longer friends.
They are both considered populists but with radically different policies targeting different “enemies of the people.” It just so happens that one side thinks the enemy is anyone who is not a white straight Christian male.
Some people don’t actually care what the policies are, they just want someone to blame and follow whoever they think is fighting for them. It’s nuts but large number of American’s don’t do any basic political research and vote by gut feeling.
I can understand falling for populist rhetoric. Understand the idea of some Outsider coming in and shaking up the system being appealing. What I can’t ever understand is who the hell in their right mind thought Donald Trump of all fucking people would fight against corruption. That’s just so far beyond the pale of anything anyone has ever known or experienced from him. I don’t know how people fell into that trap. I believe it if almost any other person except him. It will never makes sense as long as I live.