Remember this? "How can 59,054,087 people be so DUMB?" (From the Dailly Mirror)
But actually, I'm
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On one of the news shows today I heard a quote from a single mother who was planning to vote for Trump - because he was "just like her..." 
Stands for. But you're certainly right about Trump voters. They agree with everything he says and he spouts what he knows they want to hear. It's a vicious cycle. But who knows what he actually thinks or believes, if anything? His voters don't seem to notice he contradicts himself on an hourly basis. But they think he stands for whatever misguided belief they hold and that's all that counts. 
lower "agreeableness" scores and populist sentiments, DrDan,... Turns out populist movements all combine a basic hostility toward evil "elites"/"the establishment" and assumptions of being cheated with a "host" ideology that can be almost anything on the political spectrum.
Seriously, the whole thing's turning out to be fascinating, the more so because realizing that political orientations are shaped by basic personality traits adds a whole new layer of understanding to what's happening in political movements.
It's easy to be fooled by the rationalizations and verbiage offered by political groups, much less so if the powerful underlying motivations that cause people to be attracted to different leaders are also understood.
