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Obviously, but also very fed up with politicians who say "nice" things and then fail to follow through. I suspect that a large part of why Trump got as much su

Obviously, but also very fed up with politicians who say "nice" things and then fail to follow through. I suspect that a large part of why Trump got as much support as he did is that people thought "this guy is a loose canon, maybe stuff will actually happen"

eli_gottlieb 10y ago
>I suspect that a large part of why Trump got as much support as he did is that people thought "this guy is a loose canon, maybe stuff will actually happen" Oh, stuff will actually happen. Very extremely bad stuff, judging by the behavior and personnel appointments we're seeing out of this Administration so far.
jdmichal 10y ago
> ... people thought "this guy is a loose canon, maybe stuff will actually happen" There's a very real base of voters who will always vote for "change" until they see whatever they're looking for. They voted for Obama, who even used "hope and change" as a campaign slogan. Then they voted for Trump, because he was the candidate promising change while Clinton was going to be more of the same. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/03/us/politics/obama-donald-trump-voting.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/03/us/politics/obama-donald-t...
- jessaustin 10y ago
  Haha I sort of thought Trump's unspoken slogan was something like, "You didn't like 'Hope and Change'? How about some Change without Hope?" Lots of people wanted that...
1024core 10y ago
> Obviously, but also very fed up with politicians who say "nice" things and then fail to follow through. Exactly what I meant, but apparently there are some on HN who'll downvote anything appearing to be complimentary of Trump, even if it is not. I voted for Hillary, BTW.
0xfeba 10y ago
I'm very curious for a breakdown of the reasons for voting for Trump. Like, how much voters fall into something like: 1) Fanatical follower that believes he will do everything he says 2) A vote against the "system" though understands he says one thing and does another 3) "Just don't like Hillary" 4) etc.

eli_gottlieb 10y ago

>I suspect that a large part of why Trump got as much support as he did is that people thought "this guy is a loose canon, maybe stuff will actually happen" Oh, stuff will actually happen. Very extremely bad stuff, judging by the behavior and personnel appointments we're seeing out of this Administration so far.

jdmichal 10y ago

> ... people thought "this guy is a loose canon, maybe stuff will actually happen" There's a very real base of voters who will always vote for "change" until they see whatever they're looking for. They voted for Obama, who even used "hope and change" as a campaign slogan. Then they voted for Trump, because he was the candidate promising change while Clinton was going to be more of the same. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/03/us/politics/obama-donald-trump-voting.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/03/us/politics/obama-donald-t...

jessaustin 10y ago
Haha I sort of thought Trump's unspoken slogan was something like, "You didn't like 'Hope and Change'? How about some Change without Hope?" Lots of people wanted that...

1024core 10y ago

> Obviously, but also very fed up with politicians who say "nice" things and then fail to follow through. Exactly what I meant, but apparently there are some on HN who'll downvote anything appearing to be complimentary of Trump, even if it is not. I voted for Hillary, BTW.

0xfeba 10y ago

I'm very curious for a breakdown of the reasons for voting for Trump. Like, how much voters fall into something like: 1) Fanatical follower that believes he will do everything he says 2) A vote against the "system" though understands he says one thing and does another 3) "Just don't like Hillary" 4) etc.