UNDERSTANDING TRUMP’S BASE
I am writing a book called “The Evolution of American Tribalism” and one chapter is on human psychology. 40% of Americans suffer from General Anxiety Disorder (GAD). A lot of these people live in fear and try to explain life using conspiracy theories which draws them to Trump who is a master of fear mongering. Many are two dimensional and lack the capacity for abstract thought so they take everything they hear at face value. Because Trump explains their fears, they take comfort in and believe everything he says as a kind of perverse therapy. This is the majority of Trump’s base. The two other groups that make up Trumps base are young men who thrive off all thing raunchy. The “Front Row Boys” who follow Trump from rally to rally are a good examples.
The more disgusting Trump is the more they love it. If you watch the MAGA morons standing behind Trump at his rallies chuckle and laugh when he says something disgusting – those are the front row boys. The other group loves to grieve and feel sorry for themselves so they identidy with Trump who wallows in self-pity. Because males are naturally aggressive (women are naturally empathetic) this group hates normality, has anger issues, loves to fight and are the primary members of the various Trump militias. Fortunately, in total these groups only make up about 40% of potential voters which is why Trump will never win the popular vote. I like to believe that most voters in this country are normal decent people so it helps having such a disgusting human being like Trump to run against. That said, nothing is the same from one national election to the next which is why it’s so important to get out and vote and encourage others to vote, too.