This is the behavior of zealots. What has turned them into zealots? Not the economy: the economy doesn't do that.
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My guess is that they're driven by a deep, identity-based dislike of liberalism. They despise NPR culture, partly because it despises them.
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That's why that remark about "deplorables" provoked such a reaction.
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I doubt that it’s only the republicans, the Democrat base isn’t much better…
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See this jump in Republicans who changed their views on the economy on election night (double the percentage of Dems changing their mind.)pic.twitter.com/1U2eXmdgk4
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The shift among republicans was 3x as big, which is consistent with other stats I've seen and
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One of the reasons is posts like this.
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Amazing
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Check out "Democracy for Realists" for many academic case studies of behavior like this:https://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Realists-Elections-Responsive-Government/dp/0691169446 …
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That's a very good trend there ...
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Well, you'd have to compare that propensity to follow leaders with the Left.
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This thread embodies what it attempts to describe. Why start with the assumption that rightists are dupes?
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Nobody is telling the base that Russia is an ally or friendly. Not even Trump. That is a projection.
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This is a persuasion failure by the left, which has tried to make Trump look bad with a drumbeat of Trump-Putin, Trump-Putin, Trump-Putin.
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That backfired. Instead of making the base view Trump less favorably, it made them view Putin more favorably.
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It is simpler than that. Obedience and loyalty are cornerstone of conservative behavior. The need for stability requires it.
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