Why Do Those Who Are Not Wealthy Support Trump ?

[TheProgressivePatriot]

Many of Trumps supports who voted for him and are sticking by him are not well off. While it is true that the further up the income ladder you go, the great support the support for Trump was in 2016, amazingly 41 % of those earning under $30K and 42% of those earning between $30 and $50K voted for him:

http://www.businessinsider.com/exit-polls-who-voted-for-trump-clinton-2016-11/#by-income-clinton-led-only-among-voters-with-a-2015-family-income-under-50000-a-group-that-included-36-of-the-voters-in-the-exit-polls-4

Yes, during the campaign, he made many promises to the working middle class which, of course went out the window in the form of the recent tax giveaway to the wealthy. Yet, I have seen little evidence that those people are abandoning him in large numbers

What is going on here? Trump once said, ' I love the poorly educated" Yes, he does and for good reason. They have been easily duped into supporting him, and continuing to support him despite the fact that everything that Trump does and everything that he says indicates that it is the wealthy and privileged - who tend to be better educated that he really "loves". The connection between education and wealth /income is irrefutable

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-strauss/the-connection-between-ed_b_1066401.html

High and rising income inequality in the United States has recently been widely commented upon. What has not been as widely discussed is the role educational attainment has played in these disparities. Indeed, America is in some ways two different countries economically, segregated by educational achievement.

Or ….. are there other forces at work that intersect at Trump . Let’s consider cognitive abilities*- which are highly indicative of educational level- and race

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/millennial-media/201304/do-racism-conservatism-and-low-iq-go-hand-in-hand

Lower cognitive abilities predict greater prejudice through right wing ideology

Hodson and Busseri (2012) found in a correlational study that lower intelligence in childhood is predictive of greater racism in adulthood, with this effect being mediated (partially explained) through conservative ideology.

They also found poor abstract reasoning skills were related to homophobic attitudes which was mediated through authoritarianism and low levels of intergroup contact.

What this study and those before it suggests is not necessarily that all liberals are geniuses and all conservatives are ignorant. Rather, it makes conclusions based off of averages of groups. The idea is that for those who lack a cognitive ability to grasp complexities of our world, strict-right wing ideologies may be more appealing.

Bottom line: Lower intelligence equals low income Trump Supporters who have a marked tendency toward racism.

Those same people tend to own guns as well and Trump is not a big fan of gun control:

http://www.guns.com/2013/11/03/study-finds-correlation-racism-white-gun-owners-video/

There’s is a positive correlation between symbolic racism amongst white Americans and gun ownership, according to the results of a new international study published in PLoS One, the peer-reviewed scientific journal

The study, “Racism, Gun Ownership and Gun Control: Biased Attitudes in US Whites May Influence Policy Decisions,” conducted by researchers from Britain’s Manchester University and Australia’s Monash University, collected data from white U.S. voters and found that for each one point increase (on a scale from one to five) in symbolic racism there was a 50 percent increase in the odds that the respondent had a firearm in the home. This political reality did not spring up overnight.

The picture is almost complete: A high correlation between support for Trump, low cognitive ability, racism and now guns. But there is one more variable to consider, the role of religion. We know that a good deal of Trumps support comes from religious zealots, namely the Evangelicals. Why is that? It turns out that it ties in very neatly with the intelligence factor:

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1088868313497266

A meta-analysis of 63 studies showed a significant negative association between intelligence and religiosity. The association was stronger for college students and the general population than for participants younger than college age; it was also stronger for religious beliefs than religious behavior. For college students and the general population, means of weighted and unweighted correlations between intelligence and the strength of religious beliefs ranged from −.20 to −.25 (mean r = −.24). Three possible interpretations were discussed. First, intelligent people are less likely to conform and, thus, are more likely to resist religious dogma. Second, intelligent people tend to adopt an analytic (as opposed to intuitive) thinking style, which has been shown to undermine religious beliefs. Third, several functions of religiosity, including compensatory control, self-regulation, self-enhancement, and secure attachment, are also conferred by intelligence. Intelligent people may therefore have less need for religious beliefs and practices.

So there we have it the complete picture -Intelligence and cognitive ability, Race, Guns, and now Religion. My work is done here.

* https://www.education.com/reference/article/iq-school-achievement/

Perhaps after having been shat upon by both parties at least since 1992 and perhaps 88, they prefer someone who is a thorn in the side of elites of both parties.

Is he a thorn in the side of the elites? Did he drain the swamp?

/-----/ You libtards demanded we give Obozo 8 years to fix things yet think Trump should fix everything overnight.

President Obama needed 8 years to clean up the mess left by GWB. Trump had the opportunity to build on Obama's accomplishments like health care, LGBT issues and trade, but Trump is hell bent on tearing all down - good or bad- in order to erase Obama's legacy. He is all about throwing the baby out with the bath water. He is not interested in fixing anything.

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

If Secretary Clinton had won , the fiscal and regulatory policies would not be short cited allowing for the return to the reckless practices of wall street, blowing up the deficit, endangering consumers, and wrecking the environment. Let the good times roll but it will all come back to but you.

If Secretary Clinton had won , the fiscal and regulatory policies would not be short cited allowing for the return to the reckless practices of wall street,

Exactly!!

All those Wall Street bribes...err...speaking fees were to ensure she'd rein them in.

Are you telling me that you believe that she would have moved to repeal Dodd-Frank and destroy the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau? Seriously?

/----/ If you donated enough to her fake charity she would repeal Christmas.

Fake ? are you really that stupid? Or just a liar: Clinton Foundation in Haiti

Since 2010, the Clinton Foundation has raised more than $30 million for Haiti, including relief funds as well as funds for projects focused on supporting Haiti’s small and medium businesses, improving livelihoods, enhancing education and exploring the nexus of agriculture, energy and the environment. Today, the Clinton Foundation focuses on creating sustainable economic growth in the five priority sectors of agriculture, energy, environment, tourism, and artisans/manufacturing. The Foundation also works to promote full-cycle investing into these sectors, bringing together producers, investors, and markets in a way that is socially, environmentally, and economically impactful. Through this approach the Clinton Foundation has helped Haitian businesses develop their skills, increase their productivity, build their capacity, and connect with international partners and markets.

Really? You do realize the "Clinton Foundation" skimmed something like 90% off the top for administrative fees?

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

Many of Trumps supports who voted for him and are sticking by him are not well off. While it is true that the further up the income ladder you go, the great support the support for Trump was in 2016, amazingly 41 % of those earning under $30K and 42% of those earning between $30 and $50K voted for him:

http://www.businessinsider.com/exit-polls-who-voted-for-trump-clinton-2016-11/#by-income-clinton-led-only-among-voters-with-a-2015-family-income-under-50000-a-group-that-included-36-of-the-voters-in-the-exit-polls-4

Yes, during the campaign, he made many promises to the working middle class which, of course went out the window in the form of the recent tax giveaway to the wealthy. Yet, I have seen little evidence that those people are abandoning him in large numbers

What is going on here? Trump once said, ' I love the poorly educated" Yes, he does and for good reason. They have been easily duped into supporting him, and continuing to support him despite the fact that everything that Trump does and everything that he says indicates that it is the wealthy and privileged - who tend to be better educated that he really "loves". The connection between education and wealth /income is irrefutable

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-strauss/the-connection-between-ed_b_1066401.html

High and rising income inequality in the United States has recently been widely commented upon. What has not been as widely discussed is the role educational attainment has played in these disparities. Indeed, America is in some ways two different countries economically, segregated by educational achievement.

Or ….. are there other forces at work that intersect at Trump . Let’s consider cognitive abilities*- which are highly indicative of educational level- and race

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/millennial-media/201304/do-racism-conservatism-and-low-iq-go-hand-in-hand

Lower cognitive abilities predict greater prejudice through right wing ideology

Hodson and Busseri (2012) found in a correlational study that lower intelligence in childhood is predictive of greater racism in adulthood, with this effect being mediated (partially explained) through conservative ideology.

They also found poor abstract reasoning skills were related to homophobic attitudes which was mediated through authoritarianism and low levels of intergroup contact.

What this study and those before it suggests is not necessarily that all liberals are geniuses and all conservatives are ignorant. Rather, it makes conclusions based off of averages of groups. The idea is that for those who lack a cognitive ability to grasp complexities of our world, strict-right wing ideologies may be more appealing.

Bottom line: Lower intelligence equals low income Trump Supporters who have a marked tendency toward racism.

Those same people tend to own guns as well and Trump is not a big fan of gun control:

http://www.guns.com/2013/11/03/study-finds-correlation-racism-white-gun-owners-video/

There’s is a positive correlation between symbolic racism amongst white Americans and gun ownership, according to the results of a new international study published in PLoS One, the peer-reviewed scientific journal

The study, “Racism, Gun Ownership and Gun Control: Biased Attitudes in US Whites May Influence Policy Decisions,” conducted by researchers from Britain’s Manchester University and Australia’s Monash University, collected data from white U.S. voters and found that for each one point increase (on a scale from one to five) in symbolic racism there was a 50 percent increase in the odds that the respondent had a firearm in the home. This political reality did not spring up overnight.

The picture is almost complete: A high correlation between support for Trump, low cognitive ability, racism and now guns. But there is one more variable to consider, the role of religion. We know that a good deal of Trumps support comes from religious zealots, namely the Evangelicals. Why is that? It turns out that it ties in very neatly with the intelligence factor:

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1088868313497266

A meta-analysis of 63 studies showed a significant negative association between intelligence and religiosity. The association was stronger for college students and the general population than for participants younger than college age; it was also stronger for religious beliefs than religious behavior. For college students and the general population, means of weighted and unweighted correlations between intelligence and the strength of religious beliefs ranged from −.20 to −.25 (mean r = −.24). Three possible interpretations were discussed. First, intelligent people are less likely to conform and, thus, are more likely to resist religious dogma. Second, intelligent people tend to adopt an analytic (as opposed to intuitive) thinking style, which has been shown to undermine religious beliefs. Third, several functions of religiosity, including compensatory control, self-regulation, self-enhancement, and secure attachment, are also conferred by intelligence. Intelligent people may therefore have less need for religious beliefs and practices.

So there we have it the complete picture -Intelligence and cognitive ability, Race, Guns, and now Religion. My work is done here.

* https://www.education.com/reference/article/iq-school-achievement/

Because Trump allows them to blame the brown man or black man for their own failures in life.

Don't forget the gays, everyone wants to blame them too. Fact I though that ole ProgPat thinks he is a superior being. Just ask him.

Yes I am. Superior to bigot, Trumpanzies , Oligarchs, and the dub ass who support them

 

[Thinker101]

If Secretary Clinton had won , the fiscal and regulatory policies would not be short cited allowing for the return to the reckless practices of wall street,

Exactly!!

All those Wall Street bribes...err...speaking fees were to ensure she'd rein them in.

Are you telling me that you believe that she would have moved to repeal Dodd-Frank and destroy the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau? Seriously?

/----/ If you donated enough to her fake charity she would repeal Christmas.

Fake ? are you really that stupid? Or just a liar: Clinton Foundation in Haiti

Since 2010, the Clinton Foundation has raised more than $30 million for Haiti, including relief funds as well as funds for projects focused on supporting Haiti’s small and medium businesses, improving livelihoods, enhancing education and exploring the nexus of agriculture, energy and the environment. Today, the Clinton Foundation focuses on creating sustainable economic growth in the five priority sectors of agriculture, energy, environment, tourism, and artisans/manufacturing. The Foundation also works to promote full-cycle investing into these sectors, bringing together producers, investors, and markets in a way that is socially, environmentally, and economically impactful. Through this approach the Clinton Foundation has helped Haitian businesses develop their skills, increase their productivity, build their capacity, and connect with international partners and markets.

Really? You do realize the "Clinton Foundation" skimmed something like 90% off the top for administrative fees?

The Clinton Foundation Only Spent 10 Percent On Charity In 2013

https://nypost.com/2015/04/26/charity-watchdog-clinton-foundation-a-slush-fund/

How the Clinton Foundation Got Rich off Poor Haitians

 

[Correll]

Many of Trumps supports who voted for him and are sticking by him are not well off. While it is true that the further up the income ladder you go, the great support the support for Trump was in 2016, amazingly 41 % of those earning under $30K and 42% of those earning between $30 and $50K voted for him:

http://www.businessinsider.com/exit-polls-who-voted-for-trump-clinton-2016-11/#by-income-clinton-led-only-among-voters-with-a-2015-family-income-under-50000-a-group-that-included-36-of-the-voters-in-the-exit-polls-4

Yes, during the campaign, he made many promises to the working middle class which, of course went out the window in the form of the recent tax giveaway to the wealthy. Yet, I have seen little evidence that those people are abandoning him in large numbers

What is going on here? Trump once said, ' I love the poorly educated" Yes, he does and for good reason. They have been easily duped into supporting him, and continuing to support him despite the fact that everything that Trump does and everything that he says indicates that it is the wealthy and privileged - who tend to be better educated that he really "loves". The connection between education and wealth /income is irrefutable....t/

The working poor, who have been most negatively impacted by globalism, Trump "loved them" because their interests had been ignored by both parties for decades.


Thus, by addressing their interests, he got their support.


There is nothing difficult to understand, or wrong about this.


You spinning this to insult and demean those voters, is just you being an asshole.


I could not wade though your lies to see the rest of your post.

 

[tycho1572]

Democrat politicians are more focused on lining their pockets than helping others. It’s how Bill and Hillary became millionaires.

They rely on gullible voters to sell their BS.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Many of Trumps supports who voted for him and are sticking by him are not well off. While it is true that the further up the income ladder you go, the great support the support for Trump was in 2016, amazingly 41 % of those earning under $30K and 42% of those earning between $30 and $50K voted for him:

http://www.businessinsider.com/exit-polls-who-voted-for-trump-clinton-2016-11/#by-income-clinton-led-only-among-voters-with-a-2015-family-income-under-50000-a-group-that-included-36-of-the-voters-in-the-exit-polls-4

Yes, during the campaign, he made many promises to the working middle class which, of course went out the window in the form of the recent tax giveaway to the wealthy. Yet, I have seen little evidence that those people are abandoning him in large numbers

What is going on here? Trump once said, ' I love the poorly educated" Yes, he does and for good reason. They have been easily duped into supporting him, and continuing to support him despite the fact that everything that Trump does and everything that he says indicates that it is the wealthy and privileged - who tend to be better educated that he really "loves". The connection between education and wealth /income is irrefutable

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-strauss/the-connection-between-ed_b_1066401.html

High and rising income inequality in the United States has recently been widely commented upon. What has not been as widely discussed is the role educational attainment has played in these disparities. Indeed, America is in some ways two different countries economically, segregated by educational achievement.

Or ….. are there other forces at work that intersect at Trump . Let’s consider cognitive abilities*- which are highly indicative of educational level- and race

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/millennial-media/201304/do-racism-conservatism-and-low-iq-go-hand-in-hand

Lower cognitive abilities predict greater prejudice through right wing ideology

Hodson and Busseri (2012) found in a correlational study that lower intelligence in childhood is predictive of greater racism in adulthood, with this effect being mediated (partially explained) through conservative ideology.

They also found poor abstract reasoning skills were related to homophobic attitudes which was mediated through authoritarianism and low levels of intergroup contact.

What this study and those before it suggests is not necessarily that all liberals are geniuses and all conservatives are ignorant. Rather, it makes conclusions based off of averages of groups. The idea is that for those who lack a cognitive ability to grasp complexities of our world, strict-right wing ideologies may be more appealing.

Bottom line: Lower intelligence equals low income Trump Supporters who have a marked tendency toward racism.

Those same people tend to own guns as well and Trump is not a big fan of gun control:

http://www.guns.com/2013/11/03/study-finds-correlation-racism-white-gun-owners-video/

There’s is a positive correlation between symbolic racism amongst white Americans and gun ownership, according to the results of a new international study published in PLoS One, the peer-reviewed scientific journal

The study, “Racism, Gun Ownership and Gun Control: Biased Attitudes in US Whites May Influence Policy Decisions,” conducted by researchers from Britain’s Manchester University and Australia’s Monash University, collected data from white U.S. voters and found that for each one point increase (on a scale from one to five) in symbolic racism there was a 50 percent increase in the odds that the respondent had a firearm in the home. This political reality did not spring up overnight.

The picture is almost complete: A high correlation between support for Trump, low cognitive ability, racism and now guns. But there is one more variable to consider, the role of religion. We know that a good deal of Trumps support comes from religious zealots, namely the Evangelicals. Why is that? It turns out that it ties in very neatly with the intelligence factor:

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1088868313497266

A meta-analysis of 63 studies showed a significant negative association between intelligence and religiosity. The association was stronger for college students and the general population than for participants younger than college age; it was also stronger for religious beliefs than religious behavior. For college students and the general population, means of weighted and unweighted correlations between intelligence and the strength of religious beliefs ranged from −.20 to −.25 (mean r = −.24). Three possible interpretations were discussed. First, intelligent people are less likely to conform and, thus, are more likely to resist religious dogma. Second, intelligent people tend to adopt an analytic (as opposed to intuitive) thinking style, which has been shown to undermine religious beliefs. Third, several functions of religiosity, including compensatory control, self-regulation, self-enhancement, and secure attachment, are also conferred by intelligence. Intelligent people may therefore have less need for religious beliefs and practices.

So there we have it the complete picture -Intelligence and cognitive ability, Race, Guns, and now Religion. My work is done here.

* https://www.education.com/reference/article/iq-school-achievement/

Perhaps after having been shat upon by both parties at least since 1992 and perhaps 88, they prefer someone who is a thorn in the side of elites of both parties.

Is he a thorn in the side of the elites? Did he drain the swamp?

/-----/ You libtards demanded we give Obozo 8 years to fix things yet think Trump should fix everything overnight.

President Obama needed 8 years to clean up the mess left by GWB. Trump had the opportunity to build on Obama's accomplishments like health care, LGBT issues and trade, but Trump is hell bent on tearing all down - good or bad- in order to erase Obama's legacy. He is all about throwing the baby out with the bath water. He is not interested in fixing anything.

Trump promised to DeBama the country, and that's one of the reasons we voted him in.

 

[Shrimpbox]

Let’s run this down

The smart guy robbed the middle class families of thousands of dollars a year with Obamacare. Deductibles through the roof. Basic destruction of health care for middle class families. Trump comes along and gets bonuses, increases in pay, and companies investing in the us. So Dems ripped off American families and repubs are helping them.

As far as obama talking in complete sentences. Please. Obama was a con artist, plain and simple. He exhibited all the hallmarks of a con artist. He was smooth, slick, beyond reproach, smarter than everyone else and he knew it. Those around him wanted to be included in his entourage and were blind to his,failings. Obama was a serial liar.(and I have no problem if you want to call trump the same thing) and regular people can sniff out imposters a whole lot quicker than wannabes in Washington.

So the so-called smart people want to downplay any good coming to regular Americans. They will be out of oxygen soon.

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

Are you telling me that you believe that she would have moved to repeal Dodd-Frank and destroy the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau? Seriously?

/----/ If you donated enough to her fake charity she would repeal Christmas.

Fake ? are you really that stupid? Or just a liar: Clinton Foundation in Haiti

Since 2010, the Clinton Foundation has raised more than $30 million for Haiti, including relief funds as well as funds for projects focused on supporting Haiti’s small and medium businesses, improving livelihoods, enhancing education and exploring the nexus of agriculture, energy and the environment. Today, the Clinton Foundation focuses on creating sustainable economic growth in the five priority sectors of agriculture, energy, environment, tourism, and artisans/manufacturing. The Foundation also works to promote full-cycle investing into these sectors, bringing together producers, investors, and markets in a way that is socially, environmentally, and economically impactful. Through this approach the Clinton Foundation has helped Haitian businesses develop their skills, increase their productivity, build their capacity, and connect with international partners and markets.

Really? You do realize the "Clinton Foundation" skimmed something like 90% off the top for administrative fees?

The Clinton Foundation Only Spent 10 Percent On Charity In 2013

https://nypost.com/2015/04/26/charity-watchdog-clinton-foundation-a-slush-fund/

How the Clinton Foundation Got Rich off Poor Haitians

The Federalist is a right wing attack dog whos credibility is highly questionable: The Federalist (website) - Wikipedia
Neil deGrasse Tyson[edit]
In late 2014, The Federalist attracted media coverage when it published articles saying that Neil deGrasse Tyson misquoted George W. Bush in some of his public appearances.[11][12][13][14] Conservative writers cited the story to criticize Tyson over the misquotes.[15][13][16]

Defense of Roy Moore[edit]
In November 2017, The Federalist came under criticism from both conservatives and liberals for publishing an article by Ouachita Baptist University philosopher Tully Borland which defended Roy Moore's dating of teenagers while he was in his 30s, stating that such behavior was "not without some merit if one wants to raise a large family."[17] Noah Rothman of the conservative Commentary Magazine said that the op-ed was "rationalizing away child molestation".[17] Molly Roberts of the Washington Post said that the op-ed was "uniquely awful".[18] Ben Domenech defended The Federalist, which "remains avowedly committed to offering alternative views. For those that have a problem with this, the question is simple: what are you afraid of?"[19]

"Black crime" tag controversy[edit]
As of September 28, 2017, The Federalist had a "black crime" tag, which aggregated articles related to criminal activity by African-Americans.[20][21][22] Dan McLaughlin of National Review, a former Federalist contributor, defended the "black crime" tag on the grounds that it was not very noticeable and that "over a couple of years the tag appeared on only five or six posts."[23]

The NY Post has the credibility of the National Inquirer

As for the National Review: National Review - Media Bias/Fact Check

 

[tycho1572]

After getting her sorry ass kicked out of the arena, Hillary is still looking for ways to profit. smh

 

[tycho1572]

It’ll take some time before her supporters realize they’ve been duped.

 

[LeftofLeft]

Many of Trumps supports who voted for him and are sticking by him are not well off. While it is true that the further up the income ladder you go, the great support the support for Trump was in 2016, amazingly 41 % of those earning under $30K and 42% of those earning between $30 and $50K voted for him:

http://www.businessinsider.com/exit-polls-who-voted-for-trump-clinton-2016-11/#by-income-clinton-led-only-among-voters-with-a-2015-family-income-under-50000-a-group-that-included-36-of-the-voters-in-the-exit-polls-4

Yes, during the campaign, he made many promises to the working middle class which, of course went out the window in the form of the recent tax giveaway to the wealthy. Yet, I have seen little evidence that those people are abandoning him in large numbers

What is going on here? Trump once said, ' I love the poorly educated" Yes, he does and for good reason. They have been easily duped into supporting him, and continuing to support him despite the fact that everything that Trump does and everything that he says indicates that it is the wealthy and privileged - who tend to be better educated that he really "loves". The connection between education and wealth /income is irrefutable

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-strauss/the-connection-between-ed_b_1066401.html

High and rising income inequality in the United States has recently been widely commented upon. What has not been as widely discussed is the role educational attainment has played in these disparities. Indeed, America is in some ways two different countries economically, segregated by educational achievement.

Or ….. are there other forces at work that intersect at Trump . Let’s consider cognitive abilities*- which are highly indicative of educational level- and race

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/millennial-media/201304/do-racism-conservatism-and-low-iq-go-hand-in-hand

Lower cognitive abilities predict greater prejudice through right wing ideology

Hodson and Busseri (2012) found in a correlational study that lower intelligence in childhood is predictive of greater racism in adulthood, with this effect being mediated (partially explained) through conservative ideology.

They also found poor abstract reasoning skills were related to homophobic attitudes which was mediated through authoritarianism and low levels of intergroup contact.

What this study and those before it suggests is not necessarily that all liberals are geniuses and all conservatives are ignorant. Rather, it makes conclusions based off of averages of groups. The idea is that for those who lack a cognitive ability to grasp complexities of our world, strict-right wing ideologies may be more appealing.

Bottom line: Lower intelligence equals low income Trump Supporters who have a marked tendency toward racism.

Those same people tend to own guns as well and Trump is not a big fan of gun control:

http://www.guns.com/2013/11/03/study-finds-correlation-racism-white-gun-owners-video/

There’s is a positive correlation between symbolic racism amongst white Americans and gun ownership, according to the results of a new international study published in PLoS One, the peer-reviewed scientific journal

The study, “Racism, Gun Ownership and Gun Control: Biased Attitudes in US Whites May Influence Policy Decisions,” conducted by researchers from Britain’s Manchester University and Australia’s Monash University, collected data from white U.S. voters and found that for each one point increase (on a scale from one to five) in symbolic racism there was a 50 percent increase in the odds that the respondent had a firearm in the home. This political reality did not spring up overnight.

The picture is almost complete: A high correlation between support for Trump, low cognitive ability, racism and now guns. But there is one more variable to consider, the role of religion. We know that a good deal of Trumps support comes from religious zealots, namely the Evangelicals. Why is that? It turns out that it ties in very neatly with the intelligence factor:

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1088868313497266

A meta-analysis of 63 studies showed a significant negative association between intelligence and religiosity. The association was stronger for college students and the general population than for participants younger than college age; it was also stronger for religious beliefs than religious behavior. For college students and the general population, means of weighted and unweighted correlations between intelligence and the strength of religious beliefs ranged from −.20 to −.25 (mean r = −.24). Three possible interpretations were discussed. First, intelligent people are less likely to conform and, thus, are more likely to resist religious dogma. Second, intelligent people tend to adopt an analytic (as opposed to intuitive) thinking style, which has been shown to undermine religious beliefs. Third, several functions of religiosity, including compensatory control, self-regulation, self-enhancement, and secure attachment, are also conferred by intelligence. Intelligent people may therefore have less need for religious beliefs and practices.

So there we have it the complete picture -Intelligence and cognitive ability, Race, Guns, and now Religion. My work is done here.

* https://www.education.com/reference/article/iq-school-achievement/

Because we tried your way and our healthcare went up and our take home pay went down.

 

[tycho1572]

It’s looking like we’ll soon be learning more about the obama administration, and how corrupt it was.

 

[Thinker101]

/----/ If you donated enough to her fake charity she would repeal Christmas.

Fake ? are you really that stupid? Or just a liar: Clinton Foundation in Haiti

Since 2010, the Clinton Foundation has raised more than $30 million for Haiti, including relief funds as well as funds for projects focused on supporting Haiti’s small and medium businesses, improving livelihoods, enhancing education and exploring the nexus of agriculture, energy and the environment. Today, the Clinton Foundation focuses on creating sustainable economic growth in the five priority sectors of agriculture, energy, environment, tourism, and artisans/manufacturing. The Foundation also works to promote full-cycle investing into these sectors, bringing together producers, investors, and markets in a way that is socially, environmentally, and economically impactful. Through this approach the Clinton Foundation has helped Haitian businesses develop their skills, increase their productivity, build their capacity, and connect with international partners and markets.

Really? You do realize the "Clinton Foundation" skimmed something like 90% off the top for administrative fees?

The Clinton Foundation Only Spent 10 Percent On Charity In 2013

https://nypost.com/2015/04/26/charity-watchdog-clinton-foundation-a-slush-fund/

How the Clinton Foundation Got Rich off Poor Haitians

The Federalist is a right wing attack dog whos credibility is highly questionable: The Federalist (website) - Wikipedia
Neil deGrasse Tyson[edit]
In late 2014, The Federalist attracted media coverage when it published articles saying that Neil deGrasse Tyson misquoted George W. Bush in some of his public appearances.[11][12][13][14] Conservative writers cited the story to criticize Tyson over the misquotes.[15][13][16]

Defense of Roy Moore[edit]
In November 2017, The Federalist came under criticism from both conservatives and liberals for publishing an article by Ouachita Baptist University philosopher Tully Borland which defended Roy Moore's dating of teenagers while he was in his 30s, stating that such behavior was "not without some merit if one wants to raise a large family."[17] Noah Rothman of the conservative Commentary Magazine said that the op-ed was "rationalizing away child molestation".[17] Molly Roberts of the Washington Post said that the op-ed was "uniquely awful".[18] Ben Domenech defended The Federalist, which "remains avowedly committed to offering alternative views. For those that have a problem with this, the question is simple: what are you afraid of?"[19]

"Black crime" tag controversy[edit]
As of September 28, 2017, The Federalist had a "black crime" tag, which aggregated articles related to criminal activity by African-Americans.[20][21][22] Dan McLaughlin of National Review, a former Federalist contributor, defended the "black crime" tag on the grounds that it was not very noticeable and that "over a couple of years the tag appeared on only five or six posts."[23]

The NY Post has the credibility of the National Inquirer

As for the National Review: National Review - Media Bias/Fact Check

Instead of researching and reporting on the sources, how about identifying some "reliable" sources that indicate the Clinton Foundation contributed most if not all the donations to Haiti.

Scandal Without End: Is The Clinton Foundation A Fraud? | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD
Just 5.7 Percent Of Clinton Foundation Budget Actually Went To Charitable Grants

 

[Muhammed]

Many of Trumps supports who voted for him and are sticking by him are not well off. While it is true that the further up the income ladder you go, the great support the support for Trump was in 2016, amazingly 41 % of those earning under $30K and 42% of those earning between $30 and $50K voted for him:

And then those hard working folks got a tax break.

 

[Tilly]

Many of Trumps supports who voted for him and are sticking by him are not well off. While it is true that the further up the income ladder you go, the great support the support for Trump was in 2016, amazingly 41 % of those earning under $30K and 42% of those earning between $30 and $50K voted for him:

http://www.businessinsider.com/exit-polls-who-voted-for-trump-clinton-2016-11/#by-income-clinton-led-only-among-voters-with-a-2015-family-income-under-50000-a-group-that-included-36-of-the-voters-in-the-exit-polls-4

Yes, during the campaign, he made many promises to the working middle class which, of course went out the window in the form of the recent tax giveaway to the wealthy. Yet, I have seen little evidence that those people are abandoning him in large numbers

What is going on here? Trump once said, ' I love the poorly educated" Yes, he does and for good reason. They have been easily duped into supporting him, and continuing to support him despite the fact that everything that Trump does and everything that he says indicates that it is the wealthy and privileged - who tend to be better educated that he really "loves". The connection between education and wealth /income is irrefutable

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-strauss/the-connection-between-ed_b_1066401.html

High and rising income inequality in the United States has recently been widely commented upon. What has not been as widely discussed is the role educational attainment has played in these disparities. Indeed, America is in some ways two different countries economically, segregated by educational achievement.

Or ….. are there other forces at work that intersect at Trump . Let’s consider cognitive abilities*- which are highly indicative of educational level- and race

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/millennial-media/201304/do-racism-conservatism-and-low-iq-go-hand-in-hand

Lower cognitive abilities predict greater prejudice through right wing ideology

Hodson and Busseri (2012) found in a correlational study that lower intelligence in childhood is predictive of greater racism in adulthood, with this effect being mediated (partially explained) through conservative ideology.

They also found poor abstract reasoning skills were related to homophobic attitudes which was mediated through authoritarianism and low levels of intergroup contact.

What this study and those before it suggests is not necessarily that all liberals are geniuses and all conservatives are ignorant. Rather, it makes conclusions based off of averages of groups. The idea is that for those who lack a cognitive ability to grasp complexities of our world, strict-right wing ideologies may be more appealing.

Bottom line: Lower intelligence equals low income Trump Supporters who have a marked tendency toward racism.

Those same people tend to own guns as well and Trump is not a big fan of gun control:

http://www.guns.com/2013/11/03/study-finds-correlation-racism-white-gun-owners-video/

There’s is a positive correlation between symbolic racism amongst white Americans and gun ownership, according to the results of a new international study published in PLoS One, the peer-reviewed scientific journal

The study, “Racism, Gun Ownership and Gun Control: Biased Attitudes in US Whites May Influence Policy Decisions,” conducted by researchers from Britain’s Manchester University and Australia’s Monash University, collected data from white U.S. voters and found that for each one point increase (on a scale from one to five) in symbolic racism there was a 50 percent increase in the odds that the respondent had a firearm in the home. This political reality did not spring up overnight.

The picture is almost complete: A high correlation between support for Trump, low cognitive ability, racism and now guns. But there is one more variable to consider, the role of religion. We know that a good deal of Trumps support comes from religious zealots, namely the Evangelicals. Why is that? It turns out that it ties in very neatly with the intelligence factor:

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1088868313497266

A meta-analysis of 63 studies showed a significant negative association between intelligence and religiosity. The association was stronger for college students and the general population than for participants younger than college age; it was also stronger for religious beliefs than religious behavior. For college students and the general population, means of weighted and unweighted correlations between intelligence and the strength of religious beliefs ranged from −.20 to −.25 (mean r = −.24). Three possible interpretations were discussed. First, intelligent people are less likely to conform and, thus, are more likely to resist religious dogma. Second, intelligent people tend to adopt an analytic (as opposed to intuitive) thinking style, which has been shown to undermine religious beliefs. Third, several functions of religiosity, including compensatory control, self-regulation, self-enhancement, and secure attachment, are also conferred by intelligence. Intelligent people may therefore have less need for religious beliefs and practices.

So there we have it the complete picture -Intelligence and cognitive ability, Race, Guns, and now Religion. My work is done here.

* https://www.education.com/reference/article/iq-school-achievement/

Because Trump allows them to blame the brown man or black man for their own failures in life.

Don't forget the gays, everyone wants to blame them too. Fact I though that ole ProgPat thinks he is a superior being. Just ask him.

Yes I am. Superior to bigot, Trumpanzies , Oligarchs, and the dub ass who support them

You are one of the creepiest bigots here.

 

[westwall]

Many of Trumps supports who voted for him and are sticking by him are not well off. While it is true that the further up the income ladder you go, the great support the support for Trump was in 2016, amazingly 41 % of those earning under $30K and 42% of those earning between $30 and $50K voted for him:

http://www.businessinsider.com/exit-polls-who-voted-for-trump-clinton-2016-11/#by-income-clinton-led-only-among-voters-with-a-2015-family-income-under-50000-a-group-that-included-36-of-the-voters-in-the-exit-polls-4

Yes, during the campaign, he made many promises to the working middle class which, of course went out the window in the form of the recent tax giveaway to the wealthy. Yet, I have seen little evidence that those people are abandoning him in large numbers

What is going on here? Trump once said, ' I love the poorly educated" Yes, he does and for good reason. They have been easily duped into supporting him, and continuing to support him despite the fact that everything that Trump does and everything that he says indicates that it is the wealthy and privileged - who tend to be better educated that he really "loves". The connection between education and wealth /income is irrefutable

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-strauss/the-connection-between-ed_b_1066401.html

High and rising income inequality in the United States has recently been widely commented upon. What has not been as widely discussed is the role educational attainment has played in these disparities. Indeed, America is in some ways two different countries economically, segregated by educational achievement.

Or ….. are there other forces at work that intersect at Trump . Let’s consider cognitive abilities*- which are highly indicative of educational level- and race

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/millennial-media/201304/do-racism-conservatism-and-low-iq-go-hand-in-hand

Lower cognitive abilities predict greater prejudice through right wing ideology

Hodson and Busseri (2012) found in a correlational study that lower intelligence in childhood is predictive of greater racism in adulthood, with this effect being mediated (partially explained) through conservative ideology.

They also found poor abstract reasoning skills were related to homophobic attitudes which was mediated through authoritarianism and low levels of intergroup contact.

What this study and those before it suggests is not necessarily that all liberals are geniuses and all conservatives are ignorant. Rather, it makes conclusions based off of averages of groups. The idea is that for those who lack a cognitive ability to grasp complexities of our world, strict-right wing ideologies may be more appealing.

Bottom line: Lower intelligence equals low income Trump Supporters who have a marked tendency toward racism.

Those same people tend to own guns as well and Trump is not a big fan of gun control:

http://www.guns.com/2013/11/03/study-finds-correlation-racism-white-gun-owners-video/

There’s is a positive correlation between symbolic racism amongst white Americans and gun ownership, according to the results of a new international study published in PLoS One, the peer-reviewed scientific journal

The study, “Racism, Gun Ownership and Gun Control: Biased Attitudes in US Whites May Influence Policy Decisions,” conducted by researchers from Britain’s Manchester University and Australia’s Monash University, collected data from white U.S. voters and found that for each one point increase (on a scale from one to five) in symbolic racism there was a 50 percent increase in the odds that the respondent had a firearm in the home. This political reality did not spring up overnight.

The picture is almost complete: A high correlation between support for Trump, low cognitive ability, racism and now guns. But there is one more variable to consider, the role of religion. We know that a good deal of Trumps support comes from religious zealots, namely the Evangelicals. Why is that? It turns out that it ties in very neatly with the intelligence factor:

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1088868313497266

A meta-analysis of 63 studies showed a significant negative association between intelligence and religiosity. The association was stronger for college students and the general population than for participants younger than college age; it was also stronger for religious beliefs than religious behavior. For college students and the general population, means of weighted and unweighted correlations between intelligence and the strength of religious beliefs ranged from −.20 to −.25 (mean r = −.24). Three possible interpretations were discussed. First, intelligent people are less likely to conform and, thus, are more likely to resist religious dogma. Second, intelligent people tend to adopt an analytic (as opposed to intuitive) thinking style, which has been shown to undermine religious beliefs. Third, several functions of religiosity, including compensatory control, self-regulation, self-enhancement, and secure attachment, are also conferred by intelligence. Intelligent people may therefore have less need for religious beliefs and practices.

So there we have it the complete picture -Intelligence and cognitive ability, Race, Guns, and now Religion. My work is done here.

* https://www.education.com/reference/article/iq-school-achievement/

Because rich progressives, who make millions of dollars by sucking off of the public teat, and pass laws that they exempt themselves from disdainfully look down their collective noses and proclaim that the 1200 dollar or so tax breaks that they will receive are "crumbs".

Brings to mind another famously ignorant woman who uttered the infamous "let them eat cake" quote, that lead to her demise.

Errr..Sorry How does that explain why about 40% = of people earning under 30K voted for him?

Because they have figured out that the Democrat Party has used and abused them for the past 30 years. Ever since clinton signed NAFTA into effect the middle class has been suffering. hillary so despised them, and felt that they were so cowed that she ignored them completely. If you want to know of a single action of hers that cost her the election it was that. Her astonishing level of arrogance finally caught up to her.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

/----/ All you have is the class envy card. No matter what Trump says or does, Libtards twist it into something bad. Yet if Hillary had won and had the same economic results what would you LIbtards be saying?

If Secretary Clinton had won , the fiscal and regulatory policies would not be short cited allowing for the return to the reckless practices of wall street, blowing up the deficit, endangering consumers, and wrecking the environment. Let the good times roll but it will all come back to but you.

If Secretary Clinton had won , the fiscal and regulatory policies would not be short cited allowing for the return to the reckless practices of wall street,

Exactly!!

All those Wall Street bribes...err...speaking fees were to ensure she'd rein them in.

Are you telling me that you believe that she would have moved to repeal Dodd-Frank and destroy the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau? Seriously?

/----/ If you donated enough to her fake charity she would repeal Christmas.

Fake ? are you really that stupid? Or just a liar: Clinton Foundation in Haiti

Since 2010, the Clinton Foundation has raised more than $30 million for Haiti, including relief funds as well as funds for projects focused on supporting Haiti’s small and medium businesses, improving livelihoods, enhancing education and exploring the nexus of agriculture, energy and the environment. Today, the Clinton Foundation focuses on creating sustainable economic growth in the five priority sectors of agriculture, energy, environment, tourism, and artisans/manufacturing. The Foundation also works to promote full-cycle investing into these sectors, bringing together producers, investors, and markets in a way that is socially, environmentally, and economically impactful. Through this approach the Clinton Foundation has helped Haitian businesses develop their skills, increase their productivity, build their capacity, and connect with international partners and markets.

Ask the Haitians how they feel about the Clintons......

 

[LuckyDuck]

Many of Trumps supports who voted for him and are sticking by him are not well off. While it is true that the further up the income ladder you go, the great support the support for Trump was in 2016, amazingly 41 % of those earning under $30K and 42% of those earning between $30 and $50K voted for him:

http://www.businessinsider.com/exit-polls-who-voted-for-trump-clinton-2016-11/#by-income-clinton-led-only-among-voters-with-a-2015-family-income-under-50000-a-group-that-included-36-of-the-voters-in-the-exit-polls-4

Yes, during the campaign, he made many promises to the working middle class which, of course went out the window in the form of the recent tax giveaway to the wealthy. Yet, I have seen little evidence that those people are abandoning him in large numbers

What is going on here? Trump once said, ' I love the poorly educated" Yes, he does and for good reason. They have been easily duped into supporting him, and continuing to support him despite the fact that everything that Trump does and everything that he says indicates that it is the wealthy and privileged - who tend to be better educated that he really "loves". The connection between education and wealth /income is irrefutable

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-strauss/the-connection-between-ed_b_1066401.html

High and rising income inequality in the United States has recently been widely commented upon. What has not been as widely discussed is the role educational attainment has played in these disparities. Indeed, America is in some ways two different countries economically, segregated by educational achievement.

Or ….. are there other forces at work that intersect at Trump . Let’s consider cognitive abilities*- which are highly indicative of educational level- and race

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/millennial-media/201304/do-racism-conservatism-and-low-iq-go-hand-in-hand

Lower cognitive abilities predict greater prejudice through right wing ideology

Hodson and Busseri (2012) found in a correlational study that lower intelligence in childhood is predictive of greater racism in adulthood, with this effect being mediated (partially explained) through conservative ideology.

They also found poor abstract reasoning skills were related to homophobic attitudes which was mediated through authoritarianism and low levels of intergroup contact.

What this study and those before it suggests is not necessarily that all liberals are geniuses and all conservatives are ignorant. Rather, it makes conclusions based off of averages of groups. The idea is that for those who lack a cognitive ability to grasp complexities of our world, strict-right wing ideologies may be more appealing.

Bottom line: Lower intelligence equals low income Trump Supporters who have a marked tendency toward racism.

Those same people tend to own guns as well and Trump is not a big fan of gun control:

http://www.guns.com/2013/11/03/study-finds-correlation-racism-white-gun-owners-video/

There’s is a positive correlation between symbolic racism amongst white Americans and gun ownership, according to the results of a new international study published in PLoS One, the peer-reviewed scientific journal

The study, “Racism, Gun Ownership and Gun Control: Biased Attitudes in US Whites May Influence Policy Decisions,” conducted by researchers from Britain’s Manchester University and Australia’s Monash University, collected data from white U.S. voters and found that for each one point increase (on a scale from one to five) in symbolic racism there was a 50 percent increase in the odds that the respondent had a firearm in the home. This political reality did not spring up overnight.

The picture is almost complete: A high correlation between support for Trump, low cognitive ability, racism and now guns. But there is one more variable to consider, the role of religion. We know that a good deal of Trumps support comes from religious zealots, namely the Evangelicals. Why is that? It turns out that it ties in very neatly with the intelligence factor:

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1088868313497266

A meta-analysis of 63 studies showed a significant negative association between intelligence and religiosity. The association was stronger for college students and the general population than for participants younger than college age; it was also stronger for religious beliefs than religious behavior. For college students and the general population, means of weighted and unweighted correlations between intelligence and the strength of religious beliefs ranged from −.20 to −.25 (mean r = −.24). Three possible interpretations were discussed. First, intelligent people are less likely to conform and, thus, are more likely to resist religious dogma. Second, intelligent people tend to adopt an analytic (as opposed to intuitive) thinking style, which has been shown to undermine religious beliefs. Third, several functions of religiosity, including compensatory control, self-regulation, self-enhancement, and secure attachment, are also conferred by intelligence. Intelligent people may therefore have less need for religious beliefs and practices.

So there we have it the complete picture -Intelligence and cognitive ability, Race, Guns, and now Religion. My work is done here.

* https://www.education.com/reference/article/iq-school-achievement/

Well, I can tell you why I didn't vote for the democratic candidates and non-Trump republican candidates:
1. The left and right (swamp) advocated a "New World Order," with no borders and strict border control is necessary, regardless of who wants to enter the country.
Take a look at a map of Europe that shows all the Muslim terrorist attacks and you will see only one (1) nation without any terrorist attacks and that is "Poland," which refuses to allow in Muslims as they actually care about their citizens safety.
2. The New World Order concept is a "One World Government," organization in which the populace of each nation doesn't determine policies for itself, rather, foreign policy makers make the determination for all.
3. The New World Order/One World Government would mean an end to our Constitutional Republic and the freedoms provided in the document. Gone would be free speech (in favor of only "acceptable" speech), the right to bear arms for self defense, et cetera.
4. Millions lost their jobs because of NAFTA and heavy taxes and restrictions on corporations. We had become a nation of consumers, rather than a nation of producers.
Jobs needed to come back and lowering taxes on businesses is bringing corporations back and the job market has improved.
5. Socialist governments can't sustain themselves. Over time, they get burdened down by the demands of growing populations.
6. A socialist government is a large overreaching agency where the state controls everything, whereas our Constitutional Republic and the concept of a small government, allows the individual to follow their own path with limited government interference. Examples of socialist governments: Nazi Germany (National Socialist German Workers Party) the government controls the people and institutions. Mussolini's Italy (Fascist/Socialist) the government controls the people and institutions. Current Venezuela (Socialist/Communist) the government controls the people and institutions.
Wherever you have socialism, you have a large, cumbersome, bureaucracy that is poorly run and the people are no longer considered individuals, but rather, nothing more than a large herd.

 

[Foxfyre]

He's the drunk guy on the last bar stool that solves the worlds problems between his 6th and 7th beer.

And Obama is the guy who solves the world's problems while passing around the joint.

Really? Obama was capable of finishing a coherent thought. In essence that was his problem. He was smart, meticulous, communicative and.... ultimately boring. Black people thought he was to white, white people thought he was to black, those who believed his message of change figured him to much a politician. Trump is his anti synthesis, that is not a coincidence. You have a reality star that treats the office as the Apprentice, and predictable certain people like that way better then an episode of the West Wing without any of the juicy bits.

Obama was capable of finishing a coherent thought.

He read a decent teleprompter.
Without one, he often turned into a stuttering fuck.

Give me 1 example? 1 example of Obama sounding incoherent?

I will preface this by the truth that many competent people are not competent extemporaneous speakers. And President Obama is one of those who is not. Here is just one example:


I won't post all the Youtube clips of his most flustered or incoherant moments but just google it yourself, i.e. Obama off the teleprompter. But President Obama was a strong intravert and therefore comfortable with the teleprompter but not so much in extemporaneous comments.

President Trump, conversely, is a strong extrovert who is thinking ahead faster than he speaks sometimes, and that is why he often speaks in half finished thoughts or incomplete sentences. As an extremporaneous speaker myself, I also sometimes have that problem whether I am typing out an opinion or concept. A lot of extenuating detail gets left out and sometimes it is necessary to go back later to fill in those blanks later. And while that makes a person more authentic and real instead of a robotic, poll tested, scripted politician or whatever, it also makes it easy for the unethical and dishonest to take a sentence out of the whole and make it look like something that was never intended or said within the whole context..

He (nor I) am as comfortable with a written speech or teleprompter because it is frustrating to have to stick with a fixed script when we think of something else that we really want to include or say. So he and I both often stray off script unless there is a compelling reason we have to stick with it. And no, we have never met each other or have any connection other than both of us are Americans who want to do what is best for Americans and America rather than what is politically proper or expedient.

I'm sorry to tell you Fox but being able to speak so people can understand what you mean is a BIG part of being POTUS. I will leave aside the fact that I think you give him to much credit but focus on your last sentence.
politically proper or expedient.
Saying you can grab a woman by the pussy is not just not politically proper, it's not proper as a HUMAN being.
Saying Mexican's who come over the border are criminals and rapists is not just not politically proper, it's not proper as a HUMAN being.
Calling people Pocahontas, sloppy Steve, etc is behavior I wouldn't allow in my 6 year old, let alone the president. There is no context where those things are acceptable.
Thanks for replying but I need to go for today.

Sorry forkup, but it is the politically correct, proper, polished, professionals in Washington who have put us into the mess we are in. And setting aside all the unrelated and downright meanspirited characterizations in your post, those of us who are sick of the status quo and a government who is it it for itself and not us, we who are imperfect, flawed, sometimes unpolished put the guy with the vision and skill set to make it happen in the office despite the fact that he is imperfect, flawed, not so polished, and who talks like normal people talk.

I think we did better than you guys have done putting the polished professionals in there.