Contrary to what some might think, lots of folks voted for DJT not out of patriotic fervor, but because they rightly recognized that he is best-suited for their material (i.e. financial, public safety, neighborhood stability [no projects]) interests. Their vote was not an ...
... endorsement of Reagan's "shining city on a hill," nor was it -- as some social conservatives like to believe -- support for 'traditional cultural values.' Millions upon millions of folks simply supported Trump because they identified him as the most beneficial candidate ...
... for their quality-of-life. That is all. I saw this firsthand with seniors here in FL. Their biggest point in DJT's favor was that he presided over a booming stock market and his administration boosted consumer/investor confidence. Seniors wound up going for DJT in huge ...
... numbers because of this, despite what BS public polling predicted. When I told non-seniors (before the election) about the grey-haired support I was seeing for DJT, and that the polls would be wrong, these under-55s expected that seniors were backing DJT because they ...
... came around to a patriotic vision of America from a bygone era. I told these under-55s that seniors backing DJT was about $$$, not the stars and stripes or civic duty. Lots of Trump supporters seem to think that DJT's wide base of voters means that there is a huge ...
... appetite across the fruited plains for Reaganite patriotism and social traditionalism. These folks ascribe too much of an idealistic rationale to DJT's popularity. The truth has far more to do with cold, hard practicalities. Unromantic, but not untrue.
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