So ….. WHY? would anyone vote for Trump? Well firstly it was mainly white middle aged poorer men who were his biggest supporters. Those with degrees and the young and women tended to be less keen! Reminders of Brexit – ignore facts and give the dumbasses sound bytes of lurid fiction (Puerto Ricans eating pets, Trump being hansome and clever) the latter especially appeals to the ugly and stupid, if Trump could state such obvious lies, so could they. Trailer dwellers could blame immigrants, China, Europe for their lack of economic progress. They work hard have 2/3 jobs and still live in shit, so it can’t be their fault, it must be others (Trump provided the evidence of the others). The rural folk are less impacted by the government and retain the disire to live off grid with no taxes – just a gun and lynchings are fine for them. The men toil in the fields or factories and the women cook and clean and know their place. If raped it must be her fault and the man deserves to have a child even if he does not support them.
This American scenario is what appeals to the likes of Refrom amd Farage/Anderson. This is not the America of cities – but even here the poverty of the 3rd world is not far away. Nearly 50% will have voted for Harris so we should not over generalise – but the stupidity of the rest is spectacular. Of course there are the die hard Republicans with 100% loyalty just like Lab/Cons in the UK. However people do not, in general vote on matters of principle – it is money, tax and wealth that rule – especially in the USA.
The USA is very insular – 17% have no passport. Awareness of international events is limited to major events. Only the USA could call the Super Bowl a World Championship when no other countries are involved. So MAGA. It must appeal to the ‘rust belt’ and fossil fuel areas. “I am a thick shit and it is other peoples fault”.
The two sides raised just short of $11 billion to spend on adverts and campaign teams, etc. £11 billion! – for fucks sake – a stupid amount of money! Agh! The power of advertising! At least we have strict rules on this in the UK! And on the radio I just heard that Tessla shares are up 8% (but falling again back towards start price – what will Musk gain from Trump? Will Trump reneger on coal and oil promises? This is difficult to predict. Kennedy Jnr. is hilarious before being ridiculous and then mega dangerous! His conspiracy theories are both stupid and life threatening. Covid vacinations approached 90% in the UK – and yet the prividged muppet is proposing to ban vaccinations? And Trump loves him! There is a saying that you can lots about people from who their friends are!