6 Surprising Things I Learned Talking To Trump Supporters

[sean miguel]

By Robert Evans March 21, 2016

The Internet is absolutely drowning in articles about Donald Trump, several of them courtesy of other Cracked writers and me. Every hack on the Internet has had a chance to rebut The Donald's flippant racism, ill-researched talking points, and outright lies. But, relatively little digital ink has been spilled in the cause of understanding Trump's supporters. Most articles about Trump voters tend to focus on how they're all Nazis ...

... or how they keep beating people up. And while there are plenty easy laughs to get out of how dumb the stereotypical Trumper is, making fun of that guy and his stupid red hat generally means ignoring the hundreds of thousands of real people who have rallied to his banner. I wanted to know more about the mass of voters who are doing their damnedest to make President freaking Trump a reality, so I went undercover to a massive Trump rally in Dallas and then infiltrated a meeting at his campaign's Austin headquarters.

Here's what I learned.

read the rest: http://www.cracked.com/blog/undercover-at-trump-rally-6-surprising-things-i-learned/

 

[Luxman]

http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/279091/donald-trump-ivanka-trump-photo-gross/

 

[Jack Davenport]

I have met some very smart Trump supporters and some very stupid ones. I think he has tapped into the Obama demographic..

I'll vote for him I guess, but if he keeps up with some of the attacks on Cruz. ...

Fuck I don't know.


Kasich/Priebus 2016

 

[sean miguel]

I have met some very smart Trump supporters and some very stupid ones. I think he has tapped into the Obama demographic..

I'll vote for him I guess, but if he keeps up with some of the attacks on Cruz. ...

Fuck I don't know.


Kasich/Priebus 2016

I thought it was an interesting read from someone who despises Trump. He was surprised at the diversity and that were actual hispanics who support Trump. The crossover Sanders support is funny but makes total sense. This movement isn't driven by ideology but by people who are fuckin' pissed.


Trump is definitely re-writing the playbook and rearranging the electoral map. I mean Pennsylvania and Massachusetts of all places are in play? And could you believe New York/New Jersey?

His negatives are high but he's got what 7 months to turn that around. And plus, you can't trust the general polls this early. He could pull off a landslide that no other republican could. Or he could be on the receiving end of one.

Trump/Sanders 2016 F'n why not? It's the year of the insurgency.

 

[sean miguel]

He's also vastly more popular than any of his opponents among millennials, possibly due to the fact that John Kasich is a sentient pair of dad jeans, and Ted Cruz breaks out in hives when he's in the presence of teenagers. I was kind of shocked at how young the crowd at Trump's rally was.

:1orglaugh

 

[Jack Davenport]

He's also vastly more popular than any of his opponents among millennials, possibly due to the fact that John Kasich is a sentient pair of dad jeans, and Ted Cruz breaks out in hives when he's in the presence of teenagers. I was kind of shocked at how young the crowd at Trump's rally was.

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh

 

[peakles]

As someone put it, "Trump supporters are people that just want to be dominated." So maybe they ought to find and S&M club instead looking for a Dom in the election.

 

[sean miguel]

As someone put it, "Trump supporters are people that just want to be dominated." So maybe they ought to find and S&M club instead looking for a Dom in the election.

If I was looking for a dom, I'd go democrat. They'll take care of me.

 

[Jack Davenport]

The appeal of Trump is exactly the opposite. They are tired of being dominated by failed policies by both parties.

 

[Straight Shooter]

As someone put it, "Trump supporters are people that just want to be dominated." So maybe they ought to find and S&M club instead looking for a Dom in the election.

Trumpism in one sentence:

... told me he supported a Trump candidacy because it would "shake up" the politicians who "take our money and lie to us to get our votes." He complained that no politician he had voted for "has ever done anything to make my life better." Voting for Trump was a way to flip them the bird, rather than an endorsement of any of the man's policies.

 

[sean miguel]

Wow, time capsule. I think I posted this while I was still in the Rubio camp.