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So, Donald Trump's largest group of supporters comes from 'a certain kind' of registered Democrat, according to the New York Times. Sure, Trump has supporters across the board. But he is a political moderate at the end of the day. In fact, Trump was a registered Democrat himself as recently as 2004.
Donald Trump holds a dominant position in national polls in no small part because he is extremely strong among people on the periphery of the Republican coalition.
He is strongest among Republicans who are less affluent, less educated and less likely to turn out to vote. His very best voters are self-identified Republicans who nonetheless are registered as Democrats. It’s a coalition that’s concentrated in the South, Appalachia and the industrial North, according to data provided to The Upshot by Civis Analytics, a Democratic data firm.
Perhaps above all else, the data shows that Mr. Trump has broad support, spanning all major demographic groups. He leads among Republican women and among people in well-educated and affluent areas. He even holds a nominal lead among Republican respondents that Civis estimated are Hispanic, based on their names and where they live.
Mr. Trump appears to hold his greatest strength among people like these — registered Democrats who identify as Republican leaners — with 43 percent of their support, according to the Civis data. Similarly, many of Mr. Trump’s best states are those with a long tradition of Democrats who vote Republican in presidential elections, like West Virginia.
So to those who still are trying to imagine that the Donald Trump eruption is a 'conservative' phenomenon, here is your opportunity to get your story straight. He is a moderate who currently is posing as a Republican, but who doubts for a second that he would become a Democrat again if he regarded it as beneficial to himself to do so.
Please read the article. The 'certain kind of Democrat' they're referring to are those who self-identify as Republicans, but are registered as Democrats. That is, it's largely uneducated southern whites. While they might be registered as whites, they vote overwhelmingly Republican.
In other words, his primary constituency is uneducated, racist white people, which is no surprise.
Please read the article. The 'certain kind of Democrat' they're referring to are those who self-identify as Republicans, but are registered as Democrats. That is, it's largely uneducated southern whites. While they might be registered as whites, they vote overwhelmingly Republican.
In other words, his primary constituency is uneducated, racist white people, which is no surprise.
Typical race-baiting from the radical Left; I don't doubt that the majority of these people are white, and only moderately educated, but they are resentful primarily because they "paid their dues" under the old rules, and have now been discarded in favor of the younger more-militant faction represented by ACORN. OWS and BLM.
Militancy and irresponsibility are far greater factors than race alone.
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Please read the article. The 'certain kind of Democrat' they're referring to are those who self-identify as Republicans, but are registered as Democrats. That is, it's largely uneducated southern whites. While they might be registered as whites, they vote overwhelmingly Republican.
In other words, his primary constituency is uneducated, racist white people, which is no surprise.
You should read the article. To the extent these people vote at all - and a great many of them apparently don't - they are swing voters who have of their own free will registered themselves as Democrats.
If they wanted to be Republicans, why in the world would they register as Democrats? Answer: They wouldn't.
Also, this is the New York Times reporting on these Democratic supporters of Donald Trump, so surely you are not going to attack the messenger here, are you?
And as far as your last line, you have shown who the real racist here is with that crack.
Democrats in NC who turned NC Blue in '08 by supporting Obama, will be voting for Trump in overwhelming numbers.
No way will King Hillary win this state.
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You should read the article. To the extent these people vote at all - and a great many of them apparently don't - they are swing voters who have of their own free will registered themselves as Democrats.
If they wanted to be Republicans, why in the world would they register as Democrats? Answer: They wouldn't.
At least in Appalachia, the Democratic registration advantage is basically union legacy (the union and decent jobs are long since dead but the registration remains).
It makes sense that Trump would do well with them. From what I saw while living there, politics is ruled by a heavy dose of bigotry with an odd bit of economic progressivism thrown in.
Please read the article. The 'certain kind of Democrat' they're referring to are those who self-identify as Republicans, but are registered as Democrats. That is, it's largely uneducated southern whites. While they might be registered as whites, they vote overwhelmingly Republican.
In other words, his primary constituency is uneducated, racist white people, which is no surprise.
People in your own party may be black or Hispanic and only have a high school diploma. Do you sit on your high horse and disparage them, too? Where are all of those NY Times stories about uneducated bigots in the inner cities who always vote Democrat? Which Democrat has their vote?
People in your own party may be black or Hispanic and only have a high school diploma. Do you sit on your high horse and disparage them, too? Where are all of those NY Times stories about uneducated bigots in the inner cities who always vote Democrat? Which Democrat has their vote?
Must spread rep....
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