I do not understand how DT can get support from nearly half the country.  I can understand 3-5 %.

 

Thomas Edsall sheds more light than anyone else.  We definitely have a cult and not the charismatic politician like JFK or Ronald Reagan.  I have the idea that half the people who vote for DT would stop a bullet for him. People who do not have $400 for an emergency gladly send money.  They would still send money if he were comatose in a prison hospital.

 

Here are some conclusions:

 

  
Republicans and Trump voters downplay the importance of the crimes charged, and large majorities refuse to admit that Trump committed such crimes anyway.

  In the abstract and before the fact, a conviction on any of the felony charges would be projected to devastate Trump’s support. But once Trump was convicted in that case, the share of Republicans and prospective Trump voters who said they would not vote for a felon fell sharply.

  Not only do a substantial majority of Republicans deny that Trump ever committed a serious crime as president, but an even larger majority believe he should be immune from prosecution if he did.

I invite you to read the entire commentary:

 

Trump Is an Open Book for Closed Minds

Opinion | The Real Trump MysteryOpinion | The Real Trump MysteryHow is it possible that the former president has a reasonable chance of winning the election despite all that vo…

Sincerely,

 

Ed