Anonymous wrote:My own experience is that there are a lot of Trump supporters and they cross party lines. But many are unwilling to come out openly and say they support him. But they speak with grudging admiration of his strength, business acumen, etc.

These people are not racists, they are not ignorant uneducated people, etc but they are fed up with the both parties and how they say one thing to get elected but then do something else when they are in office.

Trump speaks to their aspirations, fears and hopes. These are people who are opposed to illegal immigration, granting amnesty to illegals, they despise political correctness, they think everything is out of control when it comes to dealing with Islamic inspired terrorism - even if it is a perversion.

If he ends up the nominee, it will not surprise me if many of these people vote for him.

That is exactly what Trump will do because his "proposals" are completely insane and not even legal. how can he actually follow through?? If people believe he will, then they are just stupid

Hillary is one of the most terrible candidates and exactly what people are sick of. I think that is a major driver.

Anonymous wrote:My neighbor has a Trump sticker on their car. He's also a fat, shirtless ogre with a mail-order Russian bride half his age.

This made me chuckle. It probably shouldn't have, but it did.

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Anonymous wrote:I believe there is a silent majority or at least sizable population that privately agrees with him.

I voted primarily democratic, but I like Trump for his straight talk. Sometimes the politically incorrect solutions are the right ones to solve the problems. I can see him being elected the president. He can't do any worse than the career politicians we have.

Yes you can. A lot worse.

My own experience is that there are a lot of Trump supporters and they cross party lines. But many are unwilling to come out openly and say they support him. But they speak with grudging admiration of his strength, business acumen, etc.

These people are not racists, they are not ignorant uneducated people, etc but they are fed up with the both parties and how they say one thing to get elected but then do something else when they are in office.

Trump speaks to their aspirations, fears and hopes. These are people who are opposed to illegal immigration, granting amnesty to illegals, they despise political correctness, they think everything is out of control when it comes to dealing with Islamic inspired terrorism - even if it is a perversion.

If he ends up the nominee, it will not surprise me if many of these people vote for him.

I bet my idiot BIL is supporting trump. He also is 40+ living under his parents' roof with his 2 illegitimate children he had with a way too young baby momma who proved herself to be nothing but a tramp. He bitches about his taxes while collecting food stamps and medicaid and I know he gets sizable tax refund every year just because he couldn't keep his probably diseased dick in his pants (so, basically he gets more money from the system than he paid because they popped out some kids)

Anonymous wrote:My brother likes Trump. He's ex-military (served in Afghanistan) and thinks the Islamic religion has no place in the US since it is a vehicle for violence.

My brother is also a moron. He's also the human version of an internet troll. Trump has captured the sizeable portion of the GOP electorate that trolls internet forums and basically wants to watch the world burn. If they can't have nice things, then no one else should either.

Nicely said. Also summed up here:
http://m.imgur.com/gallery/gGjMGGg

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Anonymous wrote:I believe there is a silent majority or at least sizable population that privately agrees with him.

I voted primarily democratic, but I like Trump for his straight talk. Sometimes the politically incorrect solutions are the right ones to solve the problems. I can see him being elected the president. He can't do any worse than the career politicians we have.

I don't like Trump but I agree with what you said and I think that's exactly why people like Trump. He's actually saying things and isn't worried about political correctness. My relatives are very upset that the border laws aren't being enforced and they're still struggling from the recession. They see new refugees as yet another set of people they have to support with their tax dollars, yet they look around and see Americans who have paid taxes still hurting. It's easy in DC to think everyone is doing well, but rural America just isn't.

Go to parts of NE and SE; tell me if it it's still easy to pretend everyone is doing well. Even here.

Rural America - where I'm from - would do about a bazillion times better if they quit electing Republican morons because they say Jesus. Jesus wants you to have guns! Jesus hates abortion! Jesus hates Muslims and Jews, but not so much the Jews 'cause we need them for End Times! Republicans never want to punish the businesses who pay bottom dollar to immigrants of questionable status. Guess what would stop people from seeking better paying jobs here? Republican policies are uniformly crap for workers.

Seriously? Democratic costly over-regulation is driving business overseas.

I only know three people who support Trump--a middle age, republican, Latina woman who immigrated to the US 40 years ago and three moderate democrats who reportedly have never voted republican--family members so I believe this to be true (2 women 30's and 1 man early 40's). I have a couple of friends who are independents who are considering voting for him. I am a conservative woman who finds no one running on either side that I could cast a ballot for at this point. It is pitiful that out of our country the dems could only come up with an old white, socialist, a old white, untrustworthy woman who would be pilloried for her record if she were on the republican ticket, and the republicans are leading with a crazy narcissist, a wacko AA, and a bunch of unremarkable white men. Seriously, America. Can't we do better than this?

Anonymous wrote:My neighbor has a Trump sticker on their car. He's also a fat, shirtless ogre with a mail-order Russian bride half his age.

That poor woman.

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Anonymous wrote:I believe there is a silent majority or at least sizable population that privately agrees with him.

I voted primarily democratic, but I like Trump for his straight talk. Sometimes the politically incorrect solutions are the right ones to solve the problems. I can see him being elected the president. He can't do any worse than the career politicians we have.

I don't like Trump but I agree with what you said and I think that's exactly why people like Trump. He's actually saying things and isn't worried about political correctness. My relatives are very upset that the border laws aren't being enforced and they're still struggling from the recession. They see new refugees as yet another set of people they have to support with their tax dollars, yet they look around and see Americans who have paid taxes still hurting. It's easy in DC to think everyone is doing well, but rural America just isn't.

Go to parts of NE and SE; tell me if it it's still easy to pretend everyone is doing well. Even here.

Rural America - where I'm from - would do about a bazillion times better if they quit electing Republican morons because they say Jesus. Jesus wants you to have guns! Jesus hates abortion! Jesus hates Muslims and Jews, but not so much the Jews 'cause we need them for End Times! Republicans never want to punish the businesses who pay bottom dollar to immigrants of questionable status. Guess what would stop people from seeking better paying jobs here? Republican policies are uniformly crap for workers.

My neighbor has a Trump sticker on their car. He's also a fat, shirtless ogre with a mail-order Russian bride half his age.

Anonymous wrote:My uncle told me he was a trump supporter. I could barely process it but his reasoning was "he's an excellent business man and the country is a business"

which is the fundamental misunderstanding right there

My uncle told me he was a trump supporter. I could barely process it but his reasoning was "he's an excellent business man and the country is a business"

Anonymous wrote:Come with me to the small towns of Pennsylvania or hang out with the guys taking a smoke break at our warehouse in Beltsville, MD. You'll meet them.

And, yes, they know what you think of them. Your ignorant criticisms of their lives and choices only confirm their support of Trump.

This +1000

They vote for Trump just to spite those who ask "Why are you voting against your own economic self interest?"

Spite is a powerful force among working class conservatives.