They Voted for Trump. Here's How They Feel About High Gas Prices.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

Adele Wilson, 30, of Ada Township, Mich.
Ms. Wilson, a dental assistant, said Mr. Trump’s second term had been unsuccessful, and she called the war a “horrible idea.” She was unsure how she would vote in the midterms, she said, but she had already ruled out voting for JD Vance or Marco Rubio in the 2028 presidential race. She said that she was unimpressed with the potential Democratic presidential candidates, but that she might “vote Democrat until the Republicans get it together.”

Megan Hernandez, 42, of Winthrop, Maine.
Ms. Hernandez said the price of gas was forcing her family to eat out less and spend less on “other little things.” But she noted that gas prices had not gone higher than their peak under the administration of President Joseph R. Biden Jr. (the average reached roughly $5 in June 2022 after Russia invaded Ukraine). She said gas costs would not be a major factor in how she voted in the midterms. She believes the war with Iran might be necessary to prevent the country from acquiring a nuclear weapon, she said, and she is unsure how she will vote in November.




Ryan Hummel, 25, of Cincinnati.
Mr. Hummel, a recent college graduate who identifies as a political independent, said gas costs were one of his chief expenses and that he regretted voting for the president and distrusted the White House. But, he added, he was conflicted about the war and was unsure if gas prices would be decisive in how he voted in the future.

Matt Yerkes, 74, of New Richmond, Ohio.
Mr. Yerkes, who is retired, said he backed the war and viewed the costs at the pump as “short-term pain” to address a “long-term problem.” He said he disliked the president’s personality, but added, “I agree with essentially everything he does from a policy standpoint.”

Raven Hoskins, 27, of Grand Rapids, Mich.
Ms. Hoskins, a package handler who identifies as a political independent, said gas prices were making it harder for her to afford food, and she blamed the president. “A lot of people, especially of my color, think that he’s a really racist man, but I look at him like a businessman,” she said. “Him running us like a business — I’ve seen where it’s gotten us, and it’s not good.” She said she was unsure what she would do in the midterms.


https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/us/politics/trump-gas-prices-iran-war.html

[dem4decades]

1. In other words, most Trump voters are idiots.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

2. At least they showed their faces in this article. Publicly identifying themselves as stupid

[dem4decades]

3. They wear their red hats too, the dunce hat of today.

[ananda]

15. They are haters for whom Dems will never be good enough.

The only criteria for government, in their view,
is absolute hate.

Since Dems don't hate, well... you get the drift.

[at140]

20. We allow idiots to vote in every election

Why is that? Should there be a test of basic IQ to be eligible to vote?

[2MuchNoise]

28. Maybe an IQ test for presidential candidates too.

[mwmisses4289]

33. Under jim crow in the south, some areas did that.

It was to keep poc from voting. Right now, such testing is still illegal, though under this SC not sure how much longer that will last. I really don't want to go back to jim crow.

[yardwork]

36. The Jim Crow tests weren't IQ tests. They were impossible to pass.

The "IQ tests" designed to prevent Black people from voting weren't fair or reasonable tests. They were impossible to pass. Nobody could pass them. The tests were given only to Black people, to prevent them from voting.

[mwmisses4289]

57. Yes, I understand that.

I just see any suggestion of any kind of testing for voters as a slippery slope that would not be good for any one.

[travelingthrulife]

51. There should be a civics test for anyone planning to run for federal office.

Before they can file to run they should have to pass this test.

Of course all insider trading and corruption needs to be off limits and severely punished with jail time.

This will help weed out the lazy, stupid and grifters.

[at140]

60. Great idea 👍👍👍

[slightlv]

64. Yes, they're idiots... and selfish ones at that.

While they gave their names, genders, and ages (for example) they gave no notice about their wealth status... except for the last one mentioned in his own paragraph. I doubt a 27 year old grocery store employee is in the 1%. Maybe none of these three are... but how many people did they interview for this poll that WERE in the upper echelons? We never get that information, so it's always perspectively skewed. We assume the people polled are just like us. Well... in a hell of a lot of ways... they couldn't be more different from us. I'd like to sometime see a breakdown of support for trump, broken into income brackets. That would say a lot more about our country's status as far as maga citizenry is concerned, IMO. I mean, you really don't expect many millionaires, etc., to vote against trump. They'd be too afraid trump would come after their millions! Maga idiots don't have anything trump wants.

[tulipsandroses]

4. Like I've been saying since Nov 2024

Trump voters are either bigots, selfish or stupid or some combination of the three.
I remember all the talk after the election about democrats need to learn how to talk to these poor folks.
Nope. These folks do not believe in democracy. They do not care about doing good for all,

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

5. This one.. insane. Trump has said he hates Black people in everyway possible

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[Aristus]

45. Those crocs should be a pretty big clue that this lady has spectacularly awful judgement.

[Intractable]

6. I'd add the word 'tribal' to the list in your first sentence.

[littlemissmartypants]

7. Or psychopaths... and all of the above.

They are those who love inflicting pain because that's what they believe, that loving is to hurt others. I know it's twisted, but they are sick individuals. Every day is opposite day with a psychopath. We need to learn how to identify them and avoid them like the plague.

Psychopathy is a very common
mental disorder. It is twice as
common as schizophrenia,
anorexia, and bipolar disorder.
It is equally common as bulimia,
panic disorder, and autism.
The only mental disorders
significantly more common than
psychopathy are substance abuse
or dependence, depression, and
post-traumatic stress disorder.

Psychopathy affects all
ethnic, cultural, racial,
and socioeconomic groups.

...psychopathy
is a spectrum disorder,

Prevalence in the United States
Approximately 70% of the
population is estimated to
have no psychopathic traits
whatsoever.

Key Point
👇👇👇👇👇👇
The remaining
30% have low, medium, or
high levels of psychopathy.

Source:
https://psychopathyis.org/stats/

Characteristics of Psychopaths

1. Aggressive, callous, and cunning
2. Complete absence of conscience and empathy
3. Very adept at manipulating others
4. Willingness to engage in immoral, criminal conduct
5. Willingness to take what they want and do as they please, regardless of who is hurt or wronged
6. Deceptive ability to appear outwardly benevolent
7. Deceptive ability to behave in superficially charming ways to hide purely selfish motives
8. Willingness to use intimidation and violence to control others in order to satisfy their own needs
9. Willingness to intentionally violate the basic inherent human rights of others
10. Complete absence of any sense of guilt or remorse for the harm their actions have caused to others
11. Rationalization of their own immoral behavior
12. Will attempt to lay blame upon someone else for their own conduct
13. Denial, will deny their own wrongdoing outright
14. Utter contemptuousness toward the feelings and desires of their fellow beings
15. Pathological lying, will say anything without any concern for truth to advance their own hidden agendas
16. Ablity to feign [fake] normal human emotions and empathy
17. Distorted sense of the consequences of their actions
18. Total failure to accept any responsibility for their own socially irresponsible ways
19. Strong bellef that they will never be brought to justice for their criminal behavior

Learn how to spot one. If for no other reason than to save humanity and you might save democracy along the way.

❤️

[SunImp]

9. Never forgive, Never forget

Characteristics of Psychopaths

1. Aggressive, callous, and cunning
2. Complete absence of conscience and empathy
3. Very adept at manipulating others
4. Willingness to engage in immoral, criminal conduct
5. Willingness to take what they want and do as they please, regardless of who is hurt or wronged
6. Deceptive ability to appear outwardly benevolent
7. Deceptive ability to behave in superficially charming ways to hide purely selfish motives
8. Willingness to use intimidation and violence to control others in order to satisfy their own needs
9. Willingness to intentionally violate the basic inherent human rights of others
10. Complete absence of any sense of guilt or remorse for the harm their actions have caused to others
11. Rationalization of their own immoral behavior
12. Will attempt to lay blame upon someone else for their own conduct
13. Denial, will deny their own wrongdoing outright
14. Utter contemptuousness toward the feelings and desires of their fellow beings
15. Pathological lying, will say anything without any concern for truth to advance their own hidden agendas
16. Ablity to feign [fake] normal human emotions and empathy
17. Distorted sense of the consequences of their actions
18. Total failure to accept any responsibility for their own socially irresponsible ways
19. Strong bellef that they will never be brought to justice for their criminal behavior

Never forgive, Never forget kind of people.

[lonely bird]

14. Hmmm

I don’t know that the percentages are accurate.

That being said, I think the percentage of people in this country that need some mental healthcare is over 75%. The society which has been allowed to exist over the last 50+ years is toxic.

[littlemissmartypants]

19. I haven't met anyone who doesn't need the help of a counselor or mental health professional.

And I've met thousands of people. Literally personally helped at least two thousand most probably more myself.

As for the numbers, the science is provided at the links in the article. If you're interested in reading the published research, it's all provided.

Thanks for your reply, lonely bird.
❤️

[lonely bird]

23. I should have clarified

I meant that I can see the percentage of psychopathy is higher than 30%. Otoh, I could be wrong about that.

Your experience regarding helping people definitely shows how much humans struggle in the conditions in this country.

Thank you.

[littlemissmartypants]

26. No worries. Thanks for clarifying. ❤️

[MIButterfly]

21. "Ability to feign [fake] normal human emotions and empathy"

DJT has absolutely no ability to do that whatsoever. I'd argue he doesn't have "the deceptive ability to act outwardly benevolent" either. The rest of the list fits him to a T.

[littlemissmartypants]

24. I've never interacted with him personally on that face to face, one on one level.

I suspect he's capable of tricking more than who would admit it. He's certainly fooled a whole lot of people somehow. Are they all entirely idiots?

Not everyone is able to perceive deceptive behavior.

Remember, he's basically a con man. He's probably also a chameleon.

Thanks for your reply, MIButterfly.

❤️

[mwmisses4289]

44. Some people who met him in person when he was much younger

claimed he could be charming face to face. However, keep in mind this was some forty or so years ago. He probably ditched or lost that ability as he got older and decided he didn't need it anymore.

[Hieronymus Phact]

35. To be fair you have to include brainwashed in your list. I know some of that type.

[Lonestarblue]

37. I think Republican voters are short-sighted and vote on personal issues rather than what's good for the country.

If you believe that only white people, mostly from Europe, should be allowed to immigrate here, you vote Republican. If you believe that men should rule everything from the country to business to personal relationships with no power for women, you vote Republican. If you believe that wealthy white guys are rich because they're smarter than everyone else and thus should run the country, you vote Republican. If you believe that all minorities who are poor just don't want to work and better themselves and you think that poverty is totally their fault, you vote Republican. If you believe that LGBTQ+ are an abomination and government policies should drive them out of public life with no rights, you vote Republican. If you believe that women's only role is to birth children and stay at home caring for them with no rights to higher education and economic independence, you vote Republican. If you believe that bullying other countries and making war on them to show the power of the US and its military to kill anyone it chooses, with or without cause, you vote Republican.

That is mostly the Republican Party of today, one that is morally and ethically bankrupt and willing to cheat to "win" elections because power is everything to them, even as they destroy the democracy they claim to support.

[LisaL]

8. Trump voters are something else.

Thanks to them, we are living in this nightmare.

[Katinfl]

12. That and the fact that many people did not vote because they could not bring themselves to vote for a woman.

Never mind that she was by far the best candidate. How we ever elected a black man twice is amazing. We are regressing, not progressing.

[orleans]

59. a minor consolation is that those dumb fuck trumpers are also living in this nightmare nt

[Ray Bruns]

10. But it's not a cult.

[agingdem]

11. This is what happens when Republicans vote their hate..

they assume their Trump vote will exempt them from his most vomitus venal impulses..and when they’re caught in the sewer of Trump’s psychotic revenge shit they wail “We didn’t vote for this!”..yes you did and you deserve all of it…

[mwmisses4289]

46. Or the other one "He's hurting the wrong people!" .

[agingdem]

56. By their definition " the right people" would be

black/brown/gay/trans (trans children)/drag queens/women/black women/Muslims/Jews/Native Americans/immigrants/the elderly/the disabled/Democrats…THE OTHER…

[mwmisses4289]

58. Yes, exactly.

[Ray Bruns]

13. "Him running us like a business -- I've seen where it's gotten us, and it's not good."

[Jughead]

17. Gas prices?

Are they this stupid it’s HIGH ENERGY PRICES!
They EFFECT everything!

[Luz]

66. Maybe someone should have told her about all of

his other businesses. Oh, wait. We did.

[Ray Bruns]

16. In other words

[ColoringFool]

18. NO DEMOCRATS ARE EVER INTERVIEWED. FTNYT.

[mwmisses4289]

48. I know, right? How about some people on the street type interviews with non trump voters?

[tanyev]

22. 'she might "vote Democrat until the Republicans get it together".'

You know what? I’ll take that.

Message to all Republican voters who can see how horrible and incompetent Trump, his administration and all the Republicans that enable him are:

You do NOT have to become a Democrat to oppose them. You do not have to like Democrats to oppose them. You do not even have to vote for Democrats to oppose them, although that would help. What you have to do is STOP voting for Republicans until they start fielding candidates who are competent grownups that can work with Democrats to fix all the damage that has been done. You can either not vote at all in the next few elections or go vote for any candidate that is not a Republican.

(Thank you for your attention to this matter!)

[Ol Janx Spirit]

25. Anyone dumb enough to think [REDACTED] is smart enough to be president...

...should only be asked how many times they were dropped on their head as a small child.

Their opinion on gas prices or anything else seems irrelevant.

And if you voted for [REDACTED] once you'll probably do it again anyway. Clearly your morality has no mooring.

The best we can hope for is that they have to take an extra shift to afford gas on voting day and have to sit it out at work.

[Ars Longa]

27. These folks rattle-off a half page of complaints about Trump and

the Republican Party-----AND still are Unsure about how they'll vote!!

[Diamond_Dog]

41. I know, Ars Longa. It's crazy!

[travelingthrulife]

52. Consider they voted for him knowing he was a rapist and a 34 count felon.

[sop]

29. "He disliked the president's personality," but agrees with "essentially everything he does from a policy standpoint."

I've spoken to a number of people who've told me exactly the same thing. Some like his tax cuts, many love his deportation of immigrants, a lot of christians favor his abortion and transgender positions, and bloodthirsty jingoists think America needs to invade and kill everyone. They don't care that he's a demented monster, they just like the monstrously demented things he says and does.

[Diamond_Dog]

40. That is so true, sop. I have had the same experience.

[BeyondGeography]

30. America is a tiresome lost cause

But I do know a few good sushi places.

[Joinfortmill]

31. A few things stand out for me regarding the statements:

These folks measure things primarily by the direct effect on them and/or on their agreement with Donald's 'policies'.

No one mentions if the policies are appropriate, if they are effective, or if they are even ethical.

No one mentions his blatant lying or his obvious mental decline.

For them it's all about me, me, me. They appear to lack a moral compass.

Just my view, folks.

[oldmanlynn]

32. In other words, he can shoot somebody on fifth Avenue and they don't give a damn

[AZLD4Candidate]

34. They raised my gas prices, bankrupted my family, took away my health care, and made eating unaffordable

But I'm still going voter Republican.

Sounds like Charles Taylor: "He killed my momma, he killed my daddy, but I'll still vote for him."

[haele]

65. They are going to vote Republican because the Media has told them

The repeated storyline is that Democrats are hypocritical Liberal Elitists who live in a San Fransisco or New York fantasy land and are out of touch with Real Americans.

Democrats are apparently all about taking enough money from hard working people to force them to struggle just to give it to those people who don't work hard.
And they will shut anyone up that disagrees with them.

Needless to say, the projected propaganda from the moneyed folks supporting the Republicans is damn near blinding.

[Bengus81]

38. So Trump and Republicants have done nothing but SCREW them over and all

that person can come up with is "I might vote for a Democrat". BS,that person will pull a lever for every Republican they can find on a ballot just knowing it will all be different now.

[WestMichRad]

39. So, in other words...

There are essentially no evils the slobfather and his cronies can perpetrate on America that will make them realize that voting R is not in their best interests.

[AllyCat]

42. Unsure what they would do? I know what they will do:

Every last one of them will vote for the next racist, businessMAN even if it’s pedo.

[BradBo]

43. Just wait, gas is gonna go through the roof soon.

[displacedvermoter]

47. But the fucking NY Times keeps looking under the same goddamn rock

to find the same quality and quantity of idiots to give a mic to, and by doing so make them the accepted vox populi!

And yes, the black woman comes off as particularly stupid, I fear...

[PatrickforB]

49. How in the heck can anyone be unsure????? Oh my God. This shows the awful cancerous power of Fox and

right wing talk radio. These are Epstein Class propaganda organs and are pumping out North Korean level propaganda on 30 million of us. It is sick.

[travelingthrulife]

50. Nasty people.

All they care about are their pocketbooks. They love the rest of the fascism.

[aggiesal]

53. (D)'s fix every mess the (R)'s create, and these people can't figure thst out? ...

Bush Sr. left with almost 8% unemployment, while Clonton cut that in half.
GW McIdiot exited with Mortgage Meltdown i full force with Obama taking almost 2 years to fix.
Mierda45 screwed up COVID and over night 22M people lost their jobs with Biden fixing that mess.
Mierda47 is a whole lot of mess, yet they won't vote for (D)'s?
Idiot Supremes !!!

[AZLD4Candidate]

54. H.L. Mencken said it best in 1926:

"No one in this world, so far as I know — and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me — has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby."

Or, as I put it:

No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the average American voter. They either vote against their self-interests because of reasons, or they say "well, things went well under the Democrat so let's give the Republicans a try," or they say "The Democrats didn't do everything I want so, screw them, I'm going Republican. The undecided voter is as much a myth as the independent voter. They stay to the rear of everything, see who the front-runner is, and vote that way, so while those committed to something might go down, they remain afloat.

[Keepthesoulalive]

55. The democrats don't message correctly

Her laugh, they don’t concentrate on economics, we would win if we just stopped with the identity politics or we need another person to excite the populace to vote right. These people are not going to vote for a democrat because you can’t fix their selfishness and need to demean others.

[Emile]

62. LG STRIKE 3 see ya

spanked again

[MustLoveBeagles]

63. You can't fix stupid

[ScubaSteve]

67. "... but I look at him like a businessman," she said. "Him running us like a business."

We ARE NOT a business, we're a COUNTRY!
As a country we are not trying to make a profit or be most profitable.
We have to only do a couple of simple things:

Provide for the common defense - protect us against any country who would seek to take us over.
Promote the General Welfare of all the people in this country, including taking care of the hungry, the homeless and the poor.
Protect the freedoms in the Bill of Rights for all of our people regardless of race, gender, age, religion, color, and political affiliation.

Take in enough in taxes from everyone to pay for these protections.
The United States is not a business!