10-10-2017, 02:58 PM
(10-10-2017, 01:31 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: This is absolutely true. He's a figurehead and he's attractive to them because he will say and do things other politicians wouldn't dream of. For all his flaws he is the antitheses of the career politician, for good and ill, hence the attraction. If he falls into the politician mold he will get buried in the next election. If he stays true to form he has a very good chance at re-election. One point I would add, it's not frustration with just the status quo on the right, it's frustration with the status quo period. One of the main reasons Hillary lost is she personified the status quo.
I don't deny that this exists, and the ones you got voting for Trump in this situation were the Bernie-Bros that went Trump in the general. For most of them, though, they didn't side with Trump. Of course, this is talking about people on the sides of the ideological spectrum.
There is also a group of people that just don't like whatever/whoever is in power. They aren't trying to turn the party one way or the other like the Bernie Bros, the Tea Party, or the Alt-Right work towards, they just want something different. This is where we see a lot of our Obama to Trump voters. They aren't party affiliates like the other groups, they just want something different.
All in all, we have a lot of segments all looking to buck the status quo, but all with different motivations and intentions.
