And for all who think Trump supporters are simply dumb, deaf, and blind to his flaws:
Neither Trump nor Clinton measured well on the public's scales of perceived honesty, polling showed. Seven in ten registered voters surveyed by Pew near the campaign's close described Trump as reckless, and 65 percent said he has poor judgment. Clinton, too, was viewed as wanting in judgment by 56 percent. Most viewed both as dishonest. Still, asked ahead of the election who is "well-qualified" to be president, 62 percent said Clinton, 32 percent Trump.
"The people that like Trump like that he's a change agent,' says Mike Murphy, a Republican strategist who ran the super-PAC backing former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's presidential campaign. "With Trump you get change, but also the same thing that makes him such a change agent makes him reckless and dangerous." Trump, Murphy says, represented "a big-grievance candidate to blow up Washington."
"The biggest contributor will have been the anger and desire for change,' says John Geer, professor of political science at Vanderbilt University and author of In Defense of Negativity. "When you think of all the things he's tied himself to, attacking a Gold Star family, insulting Sen. John McCain… we could make a list of 20 things."
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A CBS News national exit poll late Tuesday indicated that voters in the 2016 presidential election were in the greatest number looking a candidate who can bring needed change.
A total of 38 percent of poll respondents said they were looking for a candidate who could bring change A desire for a candidate with the right experience and good judgment followed at 22 percent each.
Another 15 percent said they were looking for a candidate who cares about people. |
