No argument there, but Trump is winning the nom by targeting the politically uneducated voter through a populist agenda. His strategy is certainly calculated and effective, but it's scary and damaging if he wins.
Serious question, does anyone here know someone that they would consider "politically informed" and is also a Trump supporter?
Yes. Only one, though... my dad.
Old, half-Latino / half-white male. Doesn't care about Trump wanting to deport illegals because Grandma came here legally and paid taxes and thinks that what all Central American/South American immigrants should do.
His main reason he's a Trump supporter is because he absolutely
hates career politicians of all stripes and colors. He likes that Trump has had an entire life and career outside of politics. He likes that he has worked in the private sector. He likes that he has been wildly successful (no, filing bankruptcy does NOT mean what most uninformed people think it does).
So when the choices are:
1. Bernie Sanders, who has spent his entire life as a politician/activist and has no idea what it takes to turn a profit in any sort of business AND has truly absurd economic policies that defy logic/reason (this is actually true, even left-leaning economists admit this).
2. Hillary Clinton, who is a hypocrite/liar/populist/fraud of the highest order whose family has used the political system and the associated power to their gain for decades.
3. Marco Rubio, who he is OK with but doesn't like the fact that he's a "Bush Republican" (sup, Whiskey).
4. Ted Cruz, who "sucks."
5. Kasich, who "can't win."
It's Trump by process of elimination. In his words "Trump might be a disaster, but if that's the case at least he brings the whole system down with him" and "unless there is catastrophic economic collapse, the odds of a Trump presidency affecting my bottom line in a negative fashion are much lower than Hillary or that bleeding-heart everyone gets a fucking cookie socialist moron."
So, yeah. That's the logic of the only Trump supporter I know.
