Secret Trump voters As the presidential election inches closer, someone you know might be harboring a political secret: voting for Donald J. Trump.
There’s a good chance that you know someone, maybe even yourself, who is secretly voting for Trump.
The statements that Trump makes — the name-calling, the personal attacks — have an effect on how voters both for and against Trump perceive the candidate. Some Trump voters are fine with it and think it’s all part of the show. Others find it appalling but perhaps necessary. Washington is pretty messed up. Maybe it deserves Trump.
There’s also a narrative out there being pushed that Trump voters are somehow lacking intellectually, or are just racist in general. These perceptions, along with the riots that seem to follow Trump rallies, have to make being a Trump supporter pretty difficult.
Look at the Trump rally in San Jose, California, where anti-Trump protesters were allowed to beat on Trump supporters as they left the building.
We also can’t forget the rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where an anti-Trump protester being led out of the building by security was making rude hand gestures on the way out and was subsequently sucker-punched by an old man who supports Trump.
This election cycle has been turned into an episode of “The Jerry Springer Show.” The show is sometimes fun to watch, but who really wants to live through it personally?
This situation also has to wreak havoc on polling. Chances are, these same people watching this saga unfold on television every night are not going to reveal to a pollster who has their phone number that they are going to vote for Trump.
Who needs all the drama?
Before you brush this thought to the side, there are facts that back this idea up.
For instance, Trump won only three of the nine caucus states. He won Hawaii easily, squeaked by in Kentucky and pretty much dominated Nevada.
But in the other caucuses, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz had Trump’s number. Even Florida Sen. Marco Rubio got in on the action and won Minnesota’s caucus.
Trump’s results in the primary states are far more favorable. Of 39 possible victories in primary states, he won 33 of them.
To really understand what this means, you have to look at the process of a primary versus that of a caucus.
Most states hold a primary election. It’s simple: You go into the polling booth, pull the curtain and vote in privacy. Only you know who you voted for. You can tell people you voted for whomever. No one will ever know if you are lying.
But nine states have this thing called a caucus. The most famous of them is the Iowa Caucus. The process is quite different from a primary. Neighbors get together, and the voting is a lot more public. People are supposed to talk to other people and actively “caucus” for their candidate.
Every state has a different process, but for the most part, caucus-goers try to persuade one another to vote for a particular candidate. It’s in-your-face politics. There’s nowhere to run and hide.
Luckily for Trump, there’s no such thing as a national presidential caucus.
As a result, in the near future, we may have a president who somehow got elected, despite the fact that no one admits voting for him.
You might wonder what inspired this line of thought. Am I a Trump voter?
No, but if I were, I wouldn’t tell anyone.
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