Did Donald Trump Win The Nomination Because Republican Voters Are Dumb? (article title)

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17. While not a universal truth, fanaticism and intellect are negatively correlated

There are plenty of very intelligent Republicans. They split their votes 16 ways (ok probably 12 or so). There are plenty of dumb Republicans. In all fairness they split their votes too. The theocrazy ones had a couple of godbotherers to choose from. The gonna-be-rich-if-gubmint-gets-off-my-back-except-for-SSDI idiots had a couple of Galtians. But the nativist bigoted trash? They only had one. They finally had one who unabashedly represented them, talked like them, said nice things about them. And when you do that you don't have supporters you have followers, fanatics, brownshirts. That's why he won, and that's why his election "strategy" is to ignore everybody else and maintain their frenzy so every blessed one of them will vote.