Here's a conundrum. Most of the people who voted Donald Trump into power don't actually agree with his policies. So, if they didn't vote for his policies, what did they vote for? His charisma? His brotherley love vibes? A chimera?
A recent survey for Associated Press/NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that:
- Only about 4 in 10 support mass deportations of immigrants whichever not been convicted of violent crimes, and a larger proportion oppose it.
- Almost half of American oppose imposing tariffs on all goods imported into the USA, and only 3 in 10 support it.
- Only 2 in 10 support pardoning those charge in the January 6th 2021 riots, and 6 in 10 oppose it (only 4 in 10 Republicans suport it).
- More people (about 4 in 10) oppose increasing drilling on federal lands than support it (just over 3 in 10).
- About half of Americans oppose taking the US out of the Paris climate agreement and only 2 in 10 would support it.
- Substantially more people support Biden's expansion of protections for LGBTQ+ students than support Trump's plan to eliminate protection for trans students.
- About half of Americans oppose Trump's plan to raise, or even eliminate, the government debt ceiling, while only a quarter support it.
- Just about the only thing that Americans agree on is eliminating income tax on tips (over half, compared to 2 in 10 opposed), but that was something that Democrat Kamala Harris campaigned on too.
So, why did they vote for Trump, again? Mass hysteria? Overcome by emotion, tired of logic and reason? By mistake? Well, they're stuck with him now. And so is the rest of the world.
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