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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forum4 Poll Questions Show That Trump Has Turned The Republican Party Into A Cult
PoliticusUSA, Jason Easley
PPP asked Trump supporters in North Carolina about four recent Trump statements:
- 69% of Trump voters think that if Hillary Clinton wins the election, it will be because it was rigged, to only 16% who think it would be because she got more vote than Trump. More specifically 40% of Trump voters think that ACORN (which hasnt existed in years) will steal the election for Clinton. That shows the long staying power of GOP conspiracy theories.
- 48% of Trump voters think that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton deserve the blame for Humayun Khans death to 16% who absolve them and 36% who arent sure one way or the other (Obama was in the Illinois Legislature when it happened.) Showing the extent to which Trump supporters buy into everything he says, 40% say his comments about the Khans last week were appropriate to only 22% who will grant that they were inappropriate. And 39% of Trump voters say they view the Khan family negatively, to just 11% who have a positive opinion of them.
- Even though Trump ended up admitting it didnt exist 47% of his voters say they saw the video of Iran collecting 400 million dollars from the United States to only 46% who say they didnt see the video. Showing the extent to which the ideas Trump floats and the coverage they get can overshadow the facts, even 25% of Clinton voters claim to have seen the nonexistent video.
- Trump said last week that Hillary Clinton is the devil, and 41% of Trump voters say they think she is indeed the devil to 42% who disagree with that sentiment and 17% who arent sure one way or the other.
- 69% of Trump voters think that if Hillary Clinton wins the election, it will be because it was rigged, to only 16% who think it would be because she got more vote than Trump. More specifically 40% of Trump voters think that ACORN (which hasnt existed in years) will steal the election for Clinton. That shows the long staying power of GOP conspiracy theories.
- 48% of Trump voters think that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton deserve the blame for Humayun Khans death to 16% who absolve them and 36% who arent sure one way or the other (Obama was in the Illinois Legislature when it happened.) Showing the extent to which Trump supporters buy into everything he says, 40% say his comments about the Khans last week were appropriate to only 22% who will grant that they were inappropriate. And 39% of Trump voters say they view the Khan family negatively, to just 11% who have a positive opinion of them.
- Even though Trump ended up admitting it didnt exist 47% of his voters say they saw the video of Iran collecting 400 million dollars from the United States to only 46% who say they didnt see the video. Showing the extent to which the ideas Trump floats and the coverage they get can overshadow the facts, even 25% of Clinton voters claim to have seen the nonexistent video.
- Trump said last week that Hillary Clinton is the devil, and 41% of Trump voters say they think she is indeed the devil to 42% who disagree with that sentiment and 17% who arent sure one way or the other.
Read it all at: http://www.politicususa.com/2016/08/09/trump-republican-cult.html
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4 Poll Questions Show That Trump Has Turned The Republican Party Into A Cult (Original Post)
yallerdawg
Aug 2016
OP
When an organization says that "they are the only ones to trust," that is a classic cult tactic.
TheBlackAdder
Aug 2016
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(52,387 posts)1. i would pin it more on roger ailes. he created the bubble
trump is merely one of the cult members who, like many members of cults, simply can't function outside the protective cult bubble.
TheBlackAdder
(28,230 posts)2. When an organization says that "they are the only ones to trust," that is a classic cult tactic.
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(52,387 posts)3. true. but the cult is really the whole foxnews bubble.
trump is merely trying to hijack it an make it revolve around him.