There are only two types of Trump voters.

[guillaumeb]

The first, the racists, voted for him because he is an open and unapologetic racist. And these people, the racists, see Trump's open and proud racism as a validation of their own racism. Perhaps these racist Trump voters would like to be openly racist, but fear of the consequences might be stopping them.

Often, these racists call criticism of their own racism "political correctness" because that makes them, in their eyes, the victims.


The other class of Trump voters, the tinier fraction, are 1% types who know that Trump will serve their own narrow financial interests.

The only real question is, what percent of Trump voters are racists?

[lapfog_1]

1. and here I thought you were going to say "Dumb and Dumber" - n/t

[guillaumeb]

2. In my opinion, the frst type are definitely informed.

They know that Trump is a racist, and he validates their own views.

The second type are the greedy.

[underpants]

3. I think you need to work backwards on this (fitting for the Trump crowd)

What percentage of Americans are racist?

Look I’m as white as you can get. My friends (white) joke about how white I am. BUT I can dance.

Hey that was racist! Yes it was. You know why? Because we were almost all raised as racists. Back then we told jokes and echoed stereotypes because who was going to tell us No? There was no representation of black America to tell us how it was racist.

Now, now I know to not act on these instincts I had no control being instilled in me but they are in there.

So pretty much all the Trumpsters are racist. They may not act on it but they don’t have to because he does it for them.

[guillaumeb]

4. I agree.

In the very small town where I grew up, there were no black people, and very few non-French people.

But Trump does validate the racism of Trump voters, as did Reagan before him.

[trev]

18. Fortunately, I was not raised a racist. And I never have been one.

As far as I know, there was only one black family in our town. Watts, about 15 miles away, was the primary black community. But my parents treated that one family like they did anyone else.

My neighborhood was filled with Mexicans (we called them "Chicanos" then). We kids didn't care what color someone was or where they came from. We just cared if they were fun to play with.

[Catherine Vincent]

5. I definitely agree on the second point

I recently visited Orange Beach, AL and our hotel was near a marina. I saw a few yachts that had Trump 2020 flag poles.

[guillaumeb]

8. The rich know that the GOP serves their interests.

And the greedy and uncaring rich like this.

[leftstreet]

6. There's a third. You won't like it

People who voted against Hillary

Unfortunately for Loser45, that won't happen this time

And I suspect he knows that

[guillaumeb]

7. I do not consider them to be Trump voters as such.

I consider them to be something else.

[fescuerescue]

10. perhaps

But the vote counting machines lump their votes in just like all the others.

[guillaumeb]

12. True.

I consider protest voting to be foolish.

[fescuerescue]

9. There's also the type that just vote Republican no matter who

These are people that are loyal to the party above all else. They vote for whoever their nominee is no matter what.

Blind party loyalist.

[guillaumeb]

11. The question is, are they aware of Trump's racism?

If so, they are enablers.

If not, they are too uninformed to vote safely.

[fescuerescue]

17. Some certainly are and some certainly aren't

and some aren't. In a pool of 62 million voters, we can probably find lots of subtypes.

And yes they are enablers.

But blind party loyalty is a real thing. I've met numerous ones that firmly believe that ANY Republican is better than any Democrat. I've heard it described as "hold my nose and vote". This occurred in the elections of George W Bush as well. They beleive that while they don't like the candidate, they still believe that their interest are better served by someone of their party.

Sometimes they accurately called "low information voters".

[Funtatlaguy]

13. I would add the one issue abortion voters.

[guillaumeb]

14. Yes, there are those as well.

But still, are they racists, or are they willing to vote for racists? To me, there is very little moral space between the two groups.

[Funtatlaguy]

15. Oh they are probably evangelical white racists

[guillaumeb]

16. Indeed. So that places them in the first, larger category. eom