Quote:And yet he's completely wrong. The people voting for Trump actually like him, they believe in what he's doing, and they prefer a member of the citizenry to any of the "leadership" class. They're mad as hell and they simply aren't going to take it anymore. It's the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street movements forming the Voltron of political change.

 

That's a very good description of what I see as Trump's main supporters.  My guess regarding the demographics is that the average person is probably younger and uses social media more than anything.  I hesitate to use the terms "ill-informed" or "un-educated", but when I hear many of them speak or see what is posted on message boards such as this, I can't help but shake my head and sigh.

 

Quote:Trump has changed the political arena. He's a great salesman. He says what many want to hear

However, he will face an uphill climb in world politics. He has to deal with Muslims, including our allies. He has to deal with women. He has to deal with other nations that he's lambasted. Then he has to deal with Congress and others on the hill. While he gets rave reviews from his support team, he has [BAD WORD REMOVED] off many that he will have to work with. He has burnt bridges, and his svelte, crawfishin, non athletic supporter Christie Creme can't help in that department.


The GOP on the other hand has been deplorable. If anyone couldn't figure out why govt wasn't working the last few years, it should be obvious that a party that will turn on one its own and eat their own young,would certainly do whatever to get their way.

IF by chance Trump doesn't get the nomination, he has every right to run independently. They snookered him into a corner, and now send the attack dogs on him.

Politics is a dirty game, but the Republicans have demonstrated lately that cohesiveness, loyalty and teamwork is secondary to individual agendas.

 

Exactly what my point was earlier (the part in bold).  Honestly, I can't say that I disagree with much of the rest of your post.  The one thing that I would disagree on is that it's not just the Republican party, the Democrat party works in exactly the same way, though in this particular election it's a bit more transparent.  As an example, look at the wins that Bernie Sanders has, then look at the delegate counts of both Democrats.  The "super delegates" are the Democrat party's way of doing pretty much the same thing.

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