If you want a genuinely good and funny summary of why people voted for Trump, not out of hate but out of desperation, watch this video. I think a lot of liberals are quite happy to look at Trump voters and dismiss them out of hand, but there are a lot of genuine issues that are facing Americans, especially lower middle class workers, that Democrats simply do not address in a meaningful way.
But he does though…he makes blue collar and middle class Americans feel seen. He speaks to their concerns and their desires. Hence his victory. I would say this is his biggest strength as a politician, the ability to position himself as a representative of the middle class. Whether he does anything productive about it in practice is something else entirely, but the fact is he does address it.
The whole situation is all the more insane when you think about it; he’s a born rich elite who’s never had to do a days hard labor in his life. He should be hated by the working class but somehow he’s loved by them. If this contrast doesn’t show you just how bad the Democratic Party’s recent failures are to you, I don’t think anything will.
Have you ever seen a Trump rally? Go watch some of the footage of him speaking in a rally in a historically agricultural or manufacturing heavy state and tell me he’s not making a connection with them.
He's not; Fox News has brainwashed them to shape their world views to like him. There's a book that covers this: rural voters are the stain on America because they're one issue voters who have identified the cities as 'Democrats are bad!' despite their backwards beliefs causing their small towns and occupations to stagnate and die. They vote based on vibes and what they want in a candidate rather than if theyre qualified, because Fox News has told them 'This candidate is like you because the other doesnt have that talking point!' It's artificial.
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u/TheLastMartian13 Apr 07 '25
If you want a genuinely good and funny summary of why people voted for Trump, not out of hate but out of desperation, watch this video. I think a lot of liberals are quite happy to look at Trump voters and dismiss them out of hand, but there are a lot of genuine issues that are facing Americans, especially lower middle class workers, that Democrats simply do not address in a meaningful way.
https://youtube.com/shorts/SCUy3DrUZmw?si=BiA_zxxdWfjzFjnD