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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSurvey: MAGA voters don't believe Trump will do the bad things he said he would

They dont believe he will do any of the bad things he promised he would, so why did they vote for him?
One possible answer: they do believe he will conduct mass deportations (interestingly, not included in the chart above)
More, including a discussion of why so many Democratic voters stayed home, at link:
https://digbysblog.net/2025/01/04/why-did-they-sit-it-out/

Ocelot II
(124,799 posts)Volaris
(10,871 posts)And elected dems need to let them off the leash for the next 18 months.
SARose
(1,448 posts)believes any of this will touch them. They are the exception and Trump will never hurt them.
These folks are college educated, Sunday go to church, family values folks.
It makes no sense.
Volaris
(10,871 posts)AND the dipshits he hires are so vastly incompetent that they can't manage to get anything done.
Otherwise no, and just sit back and wait for the screaming to start.
And there WILL be screaming. Be patient.
BOSSHOG
(42,437 posts)If you voted for a candidate you believed.
boonecreek
(945 posts)they are the first time BELIEVE THEM!
Maya Angelou
Blue_Tires
(57,596 posts)I keep trying to tell y'all Trumpers live in a completely different reality from our own
Hugin
(36,126 posts)The MSM will fail to mention that. Just like in
2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024. Anyone else see a pattern here?
NoRethugFriends
(3,336 posts)3catwoman3
(26,708 posts)...at the Republicans who did - maybe more.
NoRethugFriends
(3,336 posts)multigraincracker
(35,706 posts)MiKenMi33
(227 posts)They dont believe he committed any crimes. Hes been wrongly accused and convicted by the democrats. Its all been a witch hunt. Whatever he said hes going to do thats bad only affects the democrats and the immigrants. Theyre special and are excluded. These people actually believe this and are completely brainwashed.
sheshe2
(92,091 posts)NameAlreadyTaken
(2,018 posts)IcyPeas
(23,586 posts)Morbius
(489 posts)It's willful ignorance. An astonishingly small percentage of Americans actually watch the news on a daily basis. Some 70% of us get our news from social media. Trump voters believe what they believe because they have no reason not to believe it; they're uninformed. Being uninformed is a choice and it's a choice a majority of Americans make.
It will be our undoing.
uponit7771
(92,886 posts)Ocelot II
(124,799 posts)ThePartyThatListens
(340 posts)William769
(58,806 posts)
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