I am not voting for Donald Trump for President. I didn’t last time and wouldn’t consider it this time, for many reasons. I like nothing about this man. My reasons for not voting for Trump are not the subject of this post, however. I do know people who are voting for him and so I have spent time thinking about why they do so. I have come up with three basic reasons:
- They like his policies
A lot of people believe that his policies are more in line with their views, or more importantly, will benefit them personally. This might the belief that their taxes will go down, or the price of eggs and gas will go down, or something similar. This is usually a “what’s in it for me” reaction rather than ‘it’s good for all of us.”
2. They in fact love what he says
Most(?) people find what Trump says to be offensive, repulsive, amateurish, rude, pick any one of many adjectives. There are a lot of people who just love this about him. He says things that they may have been thinking (immigrants are bad for our country, or muslims are dangerous) but would not have thought acceptable in polite society until they listened to Trump. He in fact gives ‘permission’ for people to not just think this way, but to speak this way. They are not repulsed by his diatribe; they eat it up!
3. It’s my team and I have to vote for my team
This is the one that bothers me the most I think. Many people have conservative views and simply choose to vote for Trump because he is the leader of their ‘team.’ They believe they need to vote of the red team regardless of many things that my in fact repulse them about Donald Trump personally. He may be an asshole, in other words, but he’s ‘our asshole.’ I have friends in this category 3 and it disappoints me terribly. when I asked my friend why he would vote for this guy he said “I’m a conservative.” This is just “he’s on my team.” It ignores the fact that Trump is no conservative; he in all this for himself and that alone. You can admire conservatives – Liz Cheney is very conservative, as is Mitt Romney – but they are not irresponsible assholes. I shake my head when I think about my friend who is voting for Trump in this way.
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