Trump supporters: which basket do you belong to?

[Wells]

First, take this questionnaire and think over your answers carefully.

1) Is Obama Muslim?
2) Was Obama born outside of the US?
3) Would you support banning homosexuls from entering the US?
4) Are whites a superior race?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you belong in Basket One (aka The Basket of Deplorables):

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If you answered no to all of these, then you're in Basket Two:

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If you want to know how other Trump supporters answered on these questions:

Question 1: 65% of Trump supporters think Obama is Muslim. 13% think he's Christian. (PPP)
Question 2: 59% think Obama was not born in the US. 23% think he was. (PPP)
Question 2: 31% of South Carolina primary Trump supporters agreed that homosexuals shouldn't enter the US, the highest of all Republican candidates. 53% disagreed, the lowest of all the candidates. (PPP)
Question 4: 16% of Trump primary supporters in South Carolina though whites were a superior race, the highest of all Republican candidates. 69% disagreed, the lowest of all the candidates. (PPP)

Source.

[Classic Conservative]

This is just wrong on so many levels. The candidate that you support can't claim that we are 'Stronger Together' and promises that she will work with the other side and will represent all Americans, when she calls Republicans the enemy in a debate and then claims that half of Trump supporters are racists

[Erich Maria Remarque]

Stupid questions They are more about IQ than baskets.

I end up in basket 2, even though, I think, I belong to basket 1.

You should ask something like that:
1. Do you think that blacks lack the motivation to pull themselves out of poverty?
2. Do you think that society was spending too much money trying to improve blacks’ conditions?

Then I would end up in basket 1

[Dr. Arch]

This is just wrong on so many levels. The candidate that you support can't claim that we are 'Stronger Together' and promises that she will work with the other side and will represent all Americans, when she calls Republicans the enemy in a debate and then claims that half of Trump supporters are racists

-Ignores poll data in the post to which he's responding-

-Goes on to comment about something based off the premise the poll data doesn't exist-

Classic

[Kingpoleon]

Only SC Trump supporters matter?

[Wells]

This is just wrong on so many levels.

Yeah, it's hard to believe that people would actually think these crazy things.

The candidate that you support can't claim that we are 'Stronger Together' and promises that she will work with the other side and will represent all Americans, when she calls Republicans the enemy in a debate and then claims that half of Trump supporters are racists

BUT HILLARY!
Anyway, Clinton has worked with Republicans before, like when she expanded health care for for National Guard members. Sadly, those same Republicans are now calling for her to be locked up.

Only SC Trump supporters matter?

Since there is no other polling data on these questions in other states, I just included South Carolina Trump supporters. Is there any reason why Trump supporters in Idaho or Ohio would think very differently?

[DrScholl]

Most Trump supporters just hate Hillary Clinton - and that's the reason why they're voting for him. Most red avatars here would vote for a Democratic version of Donald Trump if he ran against someone like Scott Walker.

The problem with that logic is that Democrats would never nominate someone like Trump and if by some freak occurrence they did, there would be a lot of blank ballots for the presidential race or more likely there would be a credible independent running to represent real Democrats.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Most Trump supporters just hate Hillary Clinton - and that's the reason why they're voting for him. Most red avatars here would vote for a Democratic version of Donald Trump if he ran against someone like Scott Walker.

     This is something that is important to mention. I am not thrilled with Trump and I am still undecided between him and Gary Johnson, but there is a major undercurrent of his base that is #NeverHillary. These people are looking at Trump mainly because he is not Clinton. Tarring these people as all the terrible -ists that you can think of is not going to win them over, but make them dig in deeper.

[Fusionmunster]

Most Trump supporters just hate Hillary Clinton - and that's the reason why they're voting for him. Most red avatars here would vote for a Democratic version of Donald Trump if he ran against someone like Scott Walker.

I know your hatred of Hillary makes you believe that, but no, thats not true. While i do believe most Trump supporters dislike Hillary, thats not Trumps appeal. And Trump would never make it through a primary on the dem side.

[Kingpoleon]

Most Trump supporters just hate Hillary Clinton - and that's the reason why they're voting for him. Most red avatars here would vote for a Democratic version of Donald Trump if he ran against someone like Scott Walker.

The problem with that logic is that Democrats would never nominate someone like Trump and if by some freak occurrence they did, there would be a lot of blank ballots for the presidential race or more likely there would be a credible independent running to represent real Democrats.

Even most red avatars thought the same for Trump if by some freak occurrence he won the nomination.

[Reginald]

Who is a Democratic version of Donald Trump?

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

They are more about IQ than baskets.

Let's not perpetuate this damaging falsehood that awful views can be excused or explained away by stupidity, or that intelligence somehow implies moral virtue.

[Mallow]

Most Trump supporters just hate Hillary Clinton - and that's the reason why they're voting for him. Most red avatars here would vote for a Democratic version of Donald Trump if he ran against someone like Scott Walker.

     This is something that is important to mention. I am not thrilled with Trump and I am still undecided between him and Gary Johnson, but there is a major undercurrent of his base that is #NeverHillary. These people are looking at Trump mainly because he is not Clinton. Tarring these people as all the terrible -ists that you can think of is not going to win them over, but make them dig in deeper.

Why should Clinton be trying to win over people who, BY DEFINITION, do not support her because she is Clinton? That's like trying to pour the water out of a cup that's already empty.

[Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God]

Who is a Democratic version of Donald Trump?

Ed Schultz comes off as somewhat Trump-ish to me, personality-wise.

[Santander]

Basket 1, deal with it.

[Ljube]

Basket 2.

[Antonio the Sixth]

You should ask something like that:
1. Do you think that blacks lack the motivation to pull themselves out of poverty?
2. Do you think that society was spending too much money trying to improve blacks’ conditions?

You are indeed right that those are better questions to ask. As it happens, I took a class on political psychology taught by the scholar who helped design these measurements.

[DC Al Fine]

You should ask something like that:
1. Do you think that blacks lack the motivation to pull themselves out of poverty?
2. Do you think that society was spending too much money trying to improve blacks’ conditions?

You are indeed right that those are better questions to ask. As it happens, I took a class on political psychology taught by the scholar who helped design these measurements.

Could you please elaborate?

[Antonio the Sixth]

You should ask something like that:
1. Do you think that blacks lack the motivation to pull themselves out of poverty?
2. Do you think that society was spending too much money trying to improve blacks’ conditions?

You are indeed right that those are better questions to ask. As it happens, I took a class on political psychology taught by the scholar who helped design these measurements.

Could you please elaborate?

I can't really make effortposts these days, but I will when I'm back in LA. I wrote a paper on this topic, so I'll be able to provide references.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I love how all the Atlas Democrats are voting for Option 1 .

[Wells]

I love how all the Atlas Democrats are voting for Option 1 .

And Santander.

[Bismarck]

Basket 2 (sane)

I love how atlas dems think that most dem voters are educated wealthy cultured people and most republicans are poor rednecks when in reality most republicans are middle class to upper class families and most democrats are poors, minorities, or people who's livelihoods depend on the government (Not that there's anything wrong with being a minority or being poor obviously).

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Basket 2 (sane)

I love how atlas dems think that most dem voters are educated wealthy cultured people and most republicans are poor rednecks when in reality most republicans are middle class to upper class families and most democrats are poors, minorities, or people who's livelihoods depend on the government (Not that there's anything wrong with being a minority or being poor obviously).

Again, what's even sillier is the idea that if most Democratic voters were 'educated wealthy cultured people' that would somehow be indicative of their moral virtue or something.

[Bismarck]

Basket 2 (sane)

I love how atlas dems think that most dem voters are educated wealthy cultured people and most republicans are poor rednecks when in reality most republicans are middle class to upper class families and most democrats are poors, minorities, or people who's livelihoods depend on the government (Not that there's anything wrong with being a minority or being poor obviously).

Again, what's even sillier is the idea that if most Democratic voters were 'educated wealthy cultured people' that would somehow be indicative of their moral virtue or something.

I agree. That seems to be the feeling of many atlas dems however.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Basket 2 (sane)

I love how atlas dems think that most dem voters are educated wealthy cultured people and most republicans are poor rednecks when in reality most republicans are middle class to upper class families and most democrats are poors, minorities, or people who's livelihoods depend on the government (Not that there's anything wrong with being a minority or being poor obviously).

Again, what's even sillier is the idea that if most Democratic voters were 'educated wealthy cultured people' that would somehow be indicative of their moral virtue or something.

I agree. That seems to be the feeling of many atlas dems however.

It seems to be the feeling of many Democrats in general these days. Not so much in the demographically-Trumpista-but-in-fact-safe-D town in Western Massachusetts where my family lives but definitely in the upscale part of the Boston area where I live during the school year. It's one of the reasons why I don't consider myself a Democrat any more.