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el_bryanto

(11,804 posts)
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 01:07 PM Dec 2016

Estimate - how many people who voted for Trump are going to regret their decision a year from now?

I'm curious about this, because it helps us consider how many people we could pull into voting for our candidates in 2018.

Bryant


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100% will regret it
0 (0%)
75 to 99% will regret it
0 (0%)
50% to 74% will regret it
2 (18%)
25 to 49% will regret it
2 (18%)
1 to 24% will regret it
4 (36%)
None of Trump's voters are likely to regret it
3 (27%)
What I regret is that this bullshit poll was posted.
0 (0%)
I like to vote!
0 (0%)
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Estimate - how many people who voted for Trump are going to regret their decision a year from now? (Original Post) el_bryanto Dec 2016 OP
That's impossible to estimate at this time. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2016 #1
Most won't realize they fucked up madokie Dec 2016 #2
And they will blame Democrats for anything they don't like. yardwork Dec 2016 #4
THIS x 1,000,000 Cosmocat Dec 2016 #10
You got it madokie Dec 2016 #14
I say zip . It would have been worse under Clinton. Remember how bad it was under Obama . At lunasun Dec 2016 #3
Bingo. yardwork Dec 2016 #5
YEP Cosmocat Dec 2016 #11
None SHRED Dec 2016 #6
They will suffer the consequences of their vote and NEVER attribute it to voting for a buffoon nt etherealtruth Dec 2016 #7
His base will never regret their votes. Any ensuing problems will be caused by LIBERALS who blocked pampango Dec 2016 #8
It's like sports team fans ksoze Dec 2016 #9
I voted 1 - 24% Island Blue Dec 2016 #12
I think the bigger question is ... NanceGreggs Dec 2016 #13
50 % will never admit they made a mistake. louis-t Dec 2016 #15

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,278 posts)
1. That's impossible to estimate at this time.
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 01:17 PM
Dec 2016

Trump's election was a black swan event in the first place, and he's so unpredictable that conditions a year from now can't be even guessed at. Since presumably different people had different reasons for voting for him (hating Hillary; thinking he's going to bring back manufacturing jobs; voting GOP no matter what; racism/sexism/xenophobia; generalized fear; who knows what the hell else), any regrets they had would be based on whether they think he lived up to what they thought he was promising them. If their only intent was making sure Hillary didn't get elected and they don't care what else happened, they won't regret voting for him. If they believed his promise of bringing back the manufacturing jobs and coal mining, they probably will.

But if all kinds of very consequential shit hits the fan (trade war with China, pulling out of NATO, stock market crash?), all bets are off. I do recall that within a couple of years of Nixon's resignation it was very hard to find anybody who'd admit to having voted for him.

madokie

(51,076 posts)
2. Most won't realize they fucked up
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 01:22 PM
Dec 2016

of the tRump voters I know not a single one of them give a shit about any of this. They got what they wanted, someone who will take away women and gays rights. Thats what this was about. Don't let anyone kid you imo

plus he's white and thats big plus to them

yardwork

(61,417 posts)
4. And they will blame Democrats for anything they don't like.
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 01:25 PM
Dec 2016

The Republicans could vote to eliminate Medicare and Social Security right now and half the country would blame Obama.

Cosmocat

(14,543 posts)
10. THIS x 1,000,000
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 01:47 PM
Dec 2016

people haven't been paying attention to the last quarter century if they don't know how this is going to turn out.

They will fuck shit up, BAD.
Their fucking things up will cause some disaster.
They will use the disaster to justify their having to stay in power.
And, EVIL LIBERALS THIS, EVIL LIBERALS THAT ...

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
3. I say zip . It would have been worse under Clinton. Remember how bad it was under Obama . At
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 01:23 PM
Dec 2016

least we are free , who know the bullshit these con voters will parrot next, but regret will not be an idea fed to them.

pampango

(24,692 posts)
8. His base will never regret their votes. Any ensuing problems will be caused by LIBERALS who blocked
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 01:44 PM
Dec 2016

what Trump wanted to do.

There will be many, though, who voted for him as a protest vote thinking Clinton was going to win the election anyway. They will regret their votes but I think that is less than half of his voters.

ksoze

(2,068 posts)
9. It's like sports team fans
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 01:45 PM
Dec 2016

Once you pick a team, you will stick through through and thin and ignore signs that suggest otherwise. Think about teams that have never won a pennant and yet they have fans who will never give up.

NanceGreggs

(27,813 posts)
13. I think the bigger question is ...
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 02:15 PM
Dec 2016

... when will they admit it?

I knew a few Dubya fans who only admitted their regret after he left office, and said they'd known for years he was a fuck-up, but didn't want to hear "I told you so".

louis-t

(23,199 posts)
15. 50 % will never admit they made a mistake.
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 03:05 PM
Dec 2016

Even if he destroys half the world. They will blame the black guy.

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