Trump's meltdown won't hurt him as much as people think

Trump voters, broadly speaking, come in three basic types. The first (and most numerous) is partisan Republicans who would vote for any Republican because their concern is less about which individual sits in the Oval Office, than about getting their preferred policies enacted. They want lower taxes on the wealthy, restrictions on abortion, and strict constructionists on the Supreme Court. They would vote for Darth Vader as the GOP nominee if it meant more Scalias on the Supreme Court and a chance to enact the Ryan budget.

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The second type of Trump voter is what Hillary Clinton called the “deplorables”: these are people (mostly older, less educated white men) who thrill at every racist and sexist thing Trump does because they feel disempowered in a world where women and minorities are treated more as equals. These folks certainly aren’t going to back away from Trump.

The third type of Trump voter is the change voter: people who have a vague sense that the country is far off the wrong track, don’t know or care much about actual policy, but want as much disruption as possible. These people don’t care about the norms of government or discourse, and they aren’t concerned about making irresponsible choices. They thrill at seeing serious people wring their hands and freak out about the prospect of a madman in the Oval Office, because they’re ignorant enough about the consequences and angry enough about the status quo that they feel a madman might be just what the doctor ordered.

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Are any of these types going to vote against Trump based on his disgusting comments from 11 years ago? Probably not.

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