r/politics • u/ben_watson_jr • May 19 '24

How Can This Country Possibly Be Electing Trump Again? Soft Paywall

https://newrepublic.com/article/181287/can-america-possibly-elect-trump-again
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u/Fine-Benefit8156 May 19 '24

I still can’t get over 74 million who voted for him. I thought his debacle with Covid handling would surely doom him but it seems his base are glutton for punishment even more.

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u/OneBillPhil May 19 '24

I understand the first time. There was a novelty to it, but the second time he got 70+ million and surely again this year is fucked up. 

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u/Mundane-Mechanic-547 May 19 '24

Okay for the record, the people who voted for Trump more than Hilary:

White

Male

Non-college educated.

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2018/08/09/an-examination-of-the-2016-electorate-based-on-validated-voters/

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u/lusuroculadestec May 19 '24

It's really just white and uneducated. Trump got a plurality of the votes from white women over Hillary, and then got 53% in 2020. Support for Trump increased with white women. We need to stop pretending like the problem is limited to men.