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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really don't understand how some democrats cannot see that Trump is insanely popular. For christ sakes, folks voted for his revenge tour over a more optimistic outlook. that tells you everything right there. [/quote]

I am a Democrat but one who was here begging people in 2016 and 2024 to see he’d win easily. I would not say he is insanely popular. People don’t like the unpredictability, they don’t like his crazy rants, they don’t like his open corruption.

But he is far, far more popular than the Democrats. Why? Because he is a populist. He is perceived as anti-war (and to be fair, that may be correct). He is seen as taking border issues seriously, which is an issue that rich DCUM Democrats are largely insulated from, but which has devastated lower- and middle-income communities. He is perceived as pushing back on the excesses of the left. Meanwhile the Democrats are perceived as the party of extremely rich elitist coastal Democrats who look down on everyone else.

And for electoral purposes, that is all that Trump needs. He doesn’t need to be insanely popular. He just needs to be a lot more popular than national Democrats, and he’s easily achieving that now. [/quote]

Not sure how anyone can see democrats as rich elitist since we don’t have billionaires sitting behind our presidents during inauguration or on their staff.[/quote]

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