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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Fear and anger. Fuels Trump’s base. [/quote]

Yes for lower and lower middle class whites it's fear, uncertainty & doubt, the confluence of which produces a low grade but persistent anger.

These are people who fear they've done over by circumstances, by the system, by "the government," by whomever.  They reject current-day Democrat doctrine because they (correctly) associate it with elites and near-elites.  That is, you have to [i]already have[/i] what Radcliffe-educated Hillary is purporting to want to make possible for others (education that leads to upward mobility that leads to money) for her/their line to hold any sway.

If you don't have those things (and don't know anyone who does) the bullshitter, the conman, the charlatan looks (and, more importantly, [i]feels[/i]) like a better choice -- he's "angry," just like you are.

Republicans who are notch or two or three up the socio-economic ladder make s similar decision, albeit with less acquired resentment along the way.  For them, the equation is: I'm white, and I/"we" have something, and well... these Democrats are for, y'know, poor (black) people and "helping people" all that stuff... and, well, that's not me -- I'm a [i]Republican[/i], so....

With that in mind, the lower and lower-middle-class people's views make more sense, or are at least borne of [i]some [/i](although not much) thought -- in the same way that someone here (a Republican, fwiw) said the tradesmen who come to her house seem more intelligent than many/most college-educated types.[/quote]

:mrgreen:   Read DCUM for a few days for maximal progressive fear and anger  :mrgreen:

You'll be filled and topped off.[/quote]

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