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I believe Trump was voted in by people who were fed up with the new sanctimonity, especially on topics like sexism and racism. Their defense was to vote for vul

I believe Trump was voted in by people who were fed up with the new sanctimonity, especially on topics like sexism and racism. Their defense was to vote for vulgarity and Trump seemed to be a master of that if nothing else.

ilyt 4y ago
And the current one is definition of "anything but the last guy" too.
throwaway290 4y ago
I suspect most of who supports him are not less sanctimonious, just in ways that preserve their status quo. They are not objecting self-censorship but objecting who and what gets self-censored.
lapcat 4y ago
Trump received 46% of the vote in 2016, which is less than Mitt Romney's 47% in the previous election, but squeaked by in the electoral college against an extremely unpopular opponent. The Republican share in the last 6 Presidential elections is 47%, 46%, 47%, 46%, 51%, 48%, the outlier being Bush's reelection in 2004. There's nothing special about Trump, electorally speaking. Republicans vote Republican.
- rcMgD2BwE72F 4y ago
  But how did Trump become the Republicans' candidate?
  - lapcat 4y ago
    There were a number of factors. "at 44.95%, Trump had the lowest percentage of the popular primary vote for a major party nominee since the 1988 Democratic Party presidential primaries." "A total of 17 major candidates entered the race. Prior to the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries, this was the largest presidential primary field for any political party in American history." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Republican_Party_presiden... Trump had a number of advantages: 1) He was already super famous. 2) He was an experienced TV actor and entertainer. 3) He was rich. 4) He was a non-politician, which voters like, because they hate politicians. 5) He dominated every news cycle by continually saying wildly controversial things. The news media showered him with coverage over every other candidate.
SyzygistSix 4y ago
I prefer vulgarity to censorship, regardless of whether it comes from the left or right. Trump's issue was his complete incompetence, not his vulgarity. Not that I liked his vulgarity, which was hardly presidential.
- raxxorraxor 4y ago
  I do too. Not from the US and I don't think I would have taken the step to really vote for him. In Europe we have similar problems though. We had a pirate party that championed freedom of expression and technology open to everyone. Some in that party jumped on the feminist train and today nearly supports the opposite of what it once stood for. They complained about too many men and sexism in the party. Duh... Today they are yesterdays news but the party never really recovered and also left many politically homeless. Some of those vote for more radical parties.

ilyt 4y ago

And the current one is definition of "anything but the last guy" too.

throwaway290 4y ago

I suspect most of who supports him are not less sanctimonious, just in ways that preserve their status quo. They are not objecting self-censorship but objecting who and what gets self-censored.

lapcat 4y ago

Trump received 46% of the vote in 2016, which is less than Mitt Romney's 47% in the previous election, but squeaked by in the electoral college against an extremely unpopular opponent. The Republican share in the last 6 Presidential elections is 47%, 46%, 47%, 46%, 51%, 48%, the outlier being Bush's reelection in 2004. There's nothing special about Trump, electorally speaking. Republicans vote Republican.

rcMgD2BwE72F 4y ago
But how did Trump become the Republicans' candidate?
- lapcat 4y ago
  There were a number of factors. "at 44.95%, Trump had the lowest percentage of the popular primary vote for a major party nominee since the 1988 Democratic Party presidential primaries." "A total of 17 major candidates entered the race. Prior to the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries, this was the largest presidential primary field for any political party in American history." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Republican_Party_presiden... Trump had a number of advantages: 1) He was already super famous. 2) He was an experienced TV actor and entertainer. 3) He was rich. 4) He was a non-politician, which voters like, because they hate politicians. 5) He dominated every news cycle by continually saying wildly controversial things. The news media showered him with coverage over every other candidate.

SyzygistSix 4y ago

I prefer vulgarity to censorship, regardless of whether it comes from the left or right. Trump's issue was his complete incompetence, not his vulgarity. Not that I liked his vulgarity, which was hardly presidential.

raxxorraxor 4y ago
I do too. Not from the US and I don't think I would have taken the step to really vote for him. In Europe we have similar problems though. We had a pirate party that championed freedom of expression and technology open to everyone. Some in that party jumped on the feminist train and today nearly supports the opposite of what it once stood for. They complained about too many men and sexism in the party. Duh... Today they are yesterdays news but the party never really recovered and also left many politically homeless. Some of those vote for more radical parties.