Trump supporters are more likely to believe in most paranormal phenomena - angels, ghosts, alien visits, conspiracy theories, and Big Foot. Clinton supporters are only more likely to believe in psychics. The biggest difference between Trump and Clinton is with a belief in Big Foot; Trump supporters are 28% more likely to believe in the mythological ape-like creature. Clinton supporters' stronger belief in psychics is likely due to to the fact that women, from whom she enjoys strong support, are more likely to believe in psychics. Note also that Clinton supporters are nearly 40% more likely to have no paranormal beliefs.
If you get right down to it this is really the thing.
The thing that separates the rational from the irrational.
The less intelligent superstitious are easily convinced to put critical thinking aside in favor of feelings, or intuition, or even faith. All of which are easily manipulated to lead them down the path toward making choices that are harmful to them personally or harmful to all of us as a nation.
These are people that Donald Trump, a rabid consumer of conspiracy theories, understands on a fundamental level. And in turn they also feel a connection to him.
This is why fact checking and in depth reporting has no impact on his support.
They BELIEVE they know him, and no facts to the contrary will shake their faith.
Read yesterday that his supporters feel "if Trump needs to say Obama was born in America to win, they are fine with that." Winning is all: ethics, integrity, truthfulness, facts are not important.
ReplyDeleteThat's the difference between thinking with your brain and feeling with your ass.
DeleteSounds just like many religious zealots?!
ReplyDelete"This is why fact checking and in depth reporting has no impact on his support.
They BELIEVE , and no facts to the contrary will shake their faith. "
Once you believe in god all bets are off. Are ghosts, angels and sasquatch very much of a leap once you've gone "there"?
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