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leftynyc

(26,060 posts) Tue Dec 13, 2016, 08:27 AM Dec 2016

Rachel Maddow: Poll Reveals Trump Voters Live in Alternate State of Reality [View all]

Rachel then pivoted to issue after issue where a large percentage of Trump voters were severely misinformed. They live in a virtually fact-free or made-up-fact environment.

The stock market under President Obama soared. The Dow Jones Industrial average went from 7,949.09 to 19,614.91, again, up 11,665.72. In other words, it more than doubled. 39% of Trump voters think the stock market went down under Obama.

Unemployment dropped from 7.8% to 4.6% during the Obama administration. Clinton, Johnson, Stein and other voters are well aware of that fact.

But not Donald Trump voters; 67% of them believe unemployment rose under President Obama.

http://www.alternet.org/media/rachel-maddow-poll-reveals-trump-voters-live-alternate-state-reality

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Rachel Maddow: Poll Reveals Trump Voters Live in Alternate State of Reality [View all] leftynyc Dec 2016 OP

It's tempting to think Trump supporters would abandon him if they were better informed. Girard442 Dec 2016 #1

They're hopeless leftynyc Dec 2016 #2

This Right Here.... LovingA2andMI Dec 2016 #10

The thing is, they don't care about being better informed. They are willing and eager to believe Arkansas Granny Dec 2016 #3

It certainly doesn't help while watching kacekwl Dec 2016 #7

I am more bothered by their refusal of facts and truth when presented with it. LonePirate Dec 2016 #4

This is the heart of the issue trc Dec 2016 #6

There is an ideological purity to their thinking. robbob Dec 2016 #13

It's not just ignorance but willfully spreading lies. JaneQPublic Dec 2016 #5

Willful ignorance. mountain grammy Dec 2016 #12

Screw Maddow and the rest of the media angrychair Dec 2016 #8

The Trumpanzees I'm around still routinely refer to President Obama as "The Kenyan". Hugin Dec 2016 #9

Basically Trump supporters are idiots rockfordfile Dec 2016 #11

The voters who stayed home are the key to 2018 and 2020. sarcasmo Dec 2016 #14

People who voted for trump are idiots Gothmog Dec 2016 #15