The reason that Trump is doing so well with Republican "moderates" is simple

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13. He also appeals to starstruck celebrity worshippers of the sort who

voted for Arnold, even those who would normally vote Dem.

And above all, his Mussolini like bluster appeals to authoritarian followers who are always looking for a strongman to serve under.

Basically, people are more like other primates than not, and they react on instinct rather than thought in most cases.

Just as the biggest, loudest chest-thumping silverback runs the show in the jungle, the biggest, loudest, chest-thumping politician attracts the allegiance of those who cannot get past their instinctive tendency to submit to the alpha male chimpanzee or gorilla.

Threat displays are a major dominance ploy among our primate cousins, and Trump is all about threat displays.