Explain how Trump has so much support (2 Viewers)

[Bayouboy]

I would like some layman answers to the question "How does Trump have so much support, right now"? The final two word are important context.

I somewhat understand how he became a "force" prior to the 2016 election. There were many factors that allowed him to gain steam. Anti-establishment and not being a true politician was a big turn on to some voters on the right at the time. He talked a good game and somehow found a way to the Presidency despite acting "unpresidential". Trump's time in office had some victories for the Republicans and the economy was humming prior to COVID.....but the shirt show that happened on a daily basis with him firing executive staff (that didn't agree with him) and the overall chaos that was the White House certainly should've had an effect on his supporters. This was all BEFORE losing the 2020 election and what ensued. What happened after the 2020 election is well documented and, in my opinion, should have buried him as a candidate for office for eternity.

With ALL of what happened since the 2020 election, how can he still have half of the country (give or take) as supporters? Had all the election denying, countless gaffs, and the attempt to circumvent the Constitution had not occurred and had he regrouped and formed a strategy to compete in 2024, I could see a lot of his supporters continuing to follow him and his message. But I can't get how so many Americans can overlook what happened in front of their own eyes. I am truly bewildered.

I realize this is a mostly left leaning community, so maybe you folks do not have a clue either but would like to hear opinions. Especially, if you still support Trump through all of the mess.

 

[TampaJoe]

I think I’ve said this before, but I’ll say it again.
But to people in places Alabama, Mississippi, rural Louisiana and West Virginia, Trump is the only billionaire to acknowledge their existence.

I dunno about that. National politicians don’t pay much attention to those places. They are reliable Republicans voters. So to your point, national campaigns don’t spend much time there. If they were swing states, they would get all kinds of attentions. Like Georgia. Florida used to get a lot of attention but lately it’s reliably Republican.

 

[bird]

I think I’ve said this before, but I’ll say it again.
But to people in places Alabama, Mississippi, rural Louisiana and West Virginia, Trump is the only billionaire to acknowledge their existence.

I won’t argue. But then if they were on fire and Trump was walking by he wouldn’t pizz on them to put them out.

 

[Saint Jack]

I dunno about that. National politicians don’t pay much attention to those places. They are reliable Republicans voters. So to your point, national campaigns don’t spend much time there. If they were swing states, they would get all kinds of attentions. Like Georgia. Florida used to get a lot of attention but lately it’s reliably Republican.

But during the 16 election, he made it a point to go to those places.

 

[bird]

But during the 16 election, he made it a point to go to those places.

There is an old saying that poor Whites don’t think that they are poor but just temporarily embarrassed millionaires.