A lot of people are very religious and oppose abortion. And that is literally the only issue they care about. Trump stacked the Supreme Court and got abortion made illegal in many states. They love him for that.

Some people think he’s stronger on the economy. They just think “look at all this inflation we’ve had under Biden! It wasn’t like this when Trump was in control.” Of course they can’t think far enough to realize that perhaps a global pandemic caused this inflation and there was little that Biden could have done to stop it.

I think those are the big two reasons. But then there is the propaganda. People are made to believe that crime is running rampant despite the fact that violent crime is actually relatively low compared to in the past. Illegal immigrants are vilified as criminals who are bringing drugs and crime into the country while taking advantage of government benefits. The propaganda says that Democrats are the cause of these problems, and Trump is the solution. Tons of people fall for it. And Democrats are really bad at counter-propaganda.

The people who want to elect DT are either extremists, cult followers, uninformed / misinformed, or corporate or political anarchists. There is no one of sound or informed mind who would ever vote for him. He has proven to be bad for the people, the economy, the nation, and the world.

We live in a time where instant access to ideas dilutes and twists reality. The majority of people don’t really know what they’re voting for nor do they really care what the ramifications of their decisions mean.

I live in a “blue” east coast city. I read news from generally unbiased sources and I engage with others in forums like this. I can’t tell you the number of people I’ve come across, mostly but not exclusively from outside my city, who have unwavering opinions about something they’ve proven to know very little about (this is not exclusive to MAGA or republicans). I had a conversation with someone I’ve known most my life about Dr. Fauci. He thought he should be sent to prison. When I asked why he thought that he didn’t really have a coherent response and ended with, “well I guess I don’t really pay that close attention to the news”.

Today’s politics is more similar to a sporting event than it is about the democratic process. It’s more about engaging with your team’s fans on social media than it is understanding the philosophies and mechanisms of government.

Having formerly been a rural Republican, there is no good reason to vote Trump. I mean that from the bottom of my heart. People vote for him because they’re some mixture of uninformed, misinformed, psychotic, or psychopathic. The broader GOP party is fully culpable, too.

Let’s explore some profiles:

17-year-old “lel kek” 4chan/8chan nihilist troll who just wants to act like a dumbass and think Trump is so cooolll.

Grandpa who never left his home town. Never been on an airplane. Watches fox news 24/7.

Your crazy uncle who listens to right wing radio while commuting to work and has a major temper problem, loves his compensatory guns that give him a sense of agency in his sad pathetic life. He loves to blame immigrants for his own problems.

The racist sexist meth head or anyone overly exposed to lead.

The good Christian church goer wrapped around abortion and contrary to the pillar of individual freedom is desperately trying to arbitrate their own sense of morality on others.

The gullible uninformed coworker that doesn’t tune into politics all that much but they’re a crowd pleaser and all his coworkers talk about is how great Trump is, so must be true. They’re not educated all that much and so struggle to use critical-thinking to discern truth from falsehoods.

The grifting pillow salesmen who recognized dumb people are easily grifted so starts feeding the choir and selling them merchandise in one form or another. Bannon fits this.

Deadbeats who love fake it til you make it and see that it worked for Trump. They love that their lifelong habits of bullying are validated by him and so feel empowered.

He will maintain the social order of your community.

Women will lose their rights in a variety of ways, making them dependent on their men.

Public Education will become worse, keeping the economic status of families where they are.

Police will be allowed to be as corrupt as they want to be and will be able to oppress disadvantaged groups as they want to.

Most people I know support Trump because they perceive him as a “strong man”, which they value in a leader. They see Democrats as “soft”. They his wealth, his treatment of women, his treatment of employees, and his reaction to being shot as signs of strength. Another reason is they see him as being more supportive of their one true religion. He comes across as the chosen one and closer to God than most.

Accerlerationists want to burn it all

Mental illness.

You think he’s a messianic figure who will save us from the Satanic baby-killing cabal.

It would be nice for someone else to take the spotlight in the clown show.

Sincerely, the UK.

I’m not saying it’s a good reason, but people in flyover country get resentful when coastal elites don’t even try to hide how they see them as degenerate inbred racist morons and want to exert ever-increasing control over their lives and impose their values.

Foreign powers (church or another country) basically paying to make you think you should do it

ulterior motives.

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You’re a rich, white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant, single, heterosexual, cisgender, male, incel and you have a worthless life and nobody loves you and you think it’d be neat to turn a democratic state into a fascist one.

Being a white billionaire.