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/Sunflier Pennsylvania May 19 '24

Never under estimate the power of cults.

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u/hat-TF2 May 19 '24

Also, since there's essentially only two options, you only need to convince enough people to hate one of the options. "I don't like Trump, but at least he didn't raise the oil prices" or something to that effect.

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u/keepcalmscrollon May 19 '24

It's usually dumber than that. Like "I don't like Trump but at least he doesn't murder babies" or "he'll keep those people in their place" or "he won't tax my wealth [barely makes more minimum wage if that]".