On Thursday, 24 March 2016 at 20:57:22 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad
wrote:
I find the Donald Trump phenomena to be an unpleasant reminder
that there are certain aspects of our male culture that we men
need to address both in ourselves and in others. I somehow
doubt that a woman could act the same way as Trump does and get
a 40% approval rating for it.
[OT] While I am also disturbed by how much support Donald Trump
has gotten, 40% is a great exaggeration.
According to the national polls tracked by Real Clear Politics,
Trump currently has about 43% of the *Republican* vote - which
itself is only about 30% of the *national* vote, meaning that his
real support is ~13%. (Most years, about 40% of the country
refuses/chooses not to endorse either candidate in the general
election for President.)
Admittedly, that number will certainly go up if he gets the
Republican nomination - but even among those who do vote, many on
both sides of the aisle regard themselves as choosing "the lesser
of two evils", as opposed to truly *approving* of their candidate.
