When Trump is FINALLY gone, what percentage of his voters will be ashamed?

[steve2470]

Of course we know the really hard core racists aka KKK and neo-Nazis will always love him. How about the rest? I would hope the percentage is close to over 50%, if not much higher. I suppose if you're racist enough to vote for Trump despite all the evidence, you might not be ashamed? I rarely talk to Republicans, so I don't any clue to an answer.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. What will probably happen is what happened after Nixon resigned:

It was very hard to find anyone who would admit to having voted for him. Instead of saying, "Damn, I was so stupid for voting for Trump!" they'll just claim they didn't vote for him.

[steve2470]

2. I think you're right, yes

It takes too much moral integrity to admit a mistake of that proportion. Admitting the mistake publicly implies wanting to do something to make amends, which is probably too much trouble for his people.

[TygrBright]

6. Exactly. You beat me to it.

After WWII, while the Allies were occupying Germany, then helping with reconstruction, it seemed like every single German citizen they met, worked with, etc., had not voted for or supported Hitler, unless they were coerced. It was amazing... every German who'd wholeheartedly supported Hitler had either been killed in the fighting, or fled!

Ditto Italy and Mussolini.

It's almost impossible to find anyone in Chile who supported Pinochet.

The Marcoses in the Phillipines? Who? Well... someone supported them, obviously. But you'd have a hard time finding their remaining fans today.

There isn't a Spaniard alive today who will admit to supporting Franco.

And of course, no one voted for Nixon. Amazing... seriously, someone should open an investigation into the voter fraud and election meddling that allowed him to win in 1972.

ironically,
Bright

[dawg day]

11. "I'm actually an independent."

"I can't remember exactly, but I'm pretty sure I voted for that other guy. You know, the libertarian guy."

or...

"I didn't vote for president that year."

My uncle -- staunch Republican-- just said, "I voted for the GOP just like always." I pointed out that this meant the GOP could run the devil and he'd vote for him, and he said yeah, he probably would.

[ProfessorGAC]

17. I'm Already Getting Your 2nd One!

Guys at work I am certain who voted for "it", are now saying they left that blank on their ballot.
They were too giddy the day after the election for that to be remotely believable. But, they're claiming otherwise a year later.

[JI7]

3. the percentage that say they voted for Gary Johnson will be a lot higher than the actual percentage

of votes he got.

[steve2470]

4. +1 nt

[procon]

5. Were any of Bush's voters ashamed that he ignored the warnings

about the 9/11 attacks, started two senseless wars, killed tens of thousands of people, left the whole ME in chaos, and destroyed our economy? No. They voted for him TWICE!

[Miigwech]

7. No, they all voted for trump

[Lucinda]

8. 0%

He's down to mostly true believers now

[BigmanPigman]

9. I only know of one currently unfriended person

who is a neo Nazi. I will finally speak to her one last time...to tell her she is as stupid as the fucking moron. No more Birthday or Christmas cards or calls from me in the future. We WERE friends from Parson's (art school) and I "drew" the line on our friendship after she wrote that she has been drinking the kool-aid and I am delusional for not being enamored with "our wonderful president and leader".

[steve2470]

10. so sorry to hear

[struggle4progress]

12. 80% of Republicans will still love him and will proclaim he was hounded

mercilessly by demonic banshees -- but by then only about 15% of voters will be willing to call themselves Republicans in public

[genxlib]

13. This

This is the danger of having a supporting network of TV, radio and internet keeping the faithful misled. Add to that, a fair number of sitting congress to give those outlets a veneer if credibility and you have a fairly tight floor on his support

The only question is whether the outcome is so obvious and horrendous that those elements turn on him as well. I had assumed that would happen. But now I see that they are willing to undermine the FBI and intelligence agencies in the effort, so I have to reassess just how craven these people are.

If the support structure does abandon him then the numbers of supporters will drop. But if they toe the line throughout, then we will still see high levels of support who will consider it a coup. Very dangerous and possibly ungovernable situation.

[malaise]

14. No

They'll push for Honey BooBoo as his replacement

[oberliner]

15. None

[dalton99a]

16. People who voted for Trump are shameless.