11-23-2016, 02:47 AM
(11-23-2016, 01:20 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I'm a bit disappointed that neither of you actually addressed the article's point. That being that the attitude of the far left the past few years pushed many voters towards Trump that otherwise may not have voted for him. I personally know may people who, while not maybe voting for Trump, would absolutely not vote for Hillary due to this exact phenomena. Anecdotal to be sure, but that seems to be stock and trade of the media right now so please forgive me.
My experience is different than yours. I disagreed with the article's point the far left pushed voters towards Trump for the reasons I mentioned. In my opinion, Trump's campaign connected with people who were pissed off. That anger motivated them to vote. Clinton seemed to inspire apathy, but still a greater number of apathetic voters voted for her than pissed off voters voted for Trump. Clinton didn't get the right geographic distribution of apathetic voters vs. pissed off voters.
Eight years ago, Trump was in favor of gun control, pro-choice, supported universal healthcare, and was against the immigration policy he now promotes. He stood for just about everything his most of his current supportors are angry about. Given Clinton's unpopularity, he could have won the Democratic presidential nomination over Clinton this election if his convictions didn't change as often as his political party affiliation.
Additionally, the article indicated the economy, not social issues, was the #1 concern of voters. Once again, the author ignores the evidence stating, "A Gallup poll assessing what Americans perceived as the “most important problem facing this country today” helps to explain the disillusionment of this once-faithful constituency: “Economic problems” consistently took the No. 1 spot, while issues like “lack of respect for each other” and “unifying the country” appeared at the bottom of the list."
Sorry for the change in font, I cut and pasted on my phone.
