# Americans; how surprised are you by Trump's success?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-how-surprised-are-you-by-trumps-success/748271>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [March 8, 2016, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-how-surprised-are-you-by-trumps-success/748271 "2016-03-08T10:29:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sputnikkk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Sputnikkk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sputnikkk)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-how-surprised-are-you-by-trumps-success/748271/62 "2016-03-09T08:25:19Z")

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After Americans voted for George Bush for the second term, I no longer get surprised over anything Americans do anymore. If that happened then Trump could happen.

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**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-how-surprised-are-you-by-trumps-success/748271/63 "2016-03-09T08:46:57Z")

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> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#):
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> Completely gobsmacked. Never thought that clown would make it this far. I mean, he’s even proven wrong the one guy who barely ever gets elections wrong: Nate Silver. I can’t see how anyone could say they’re “not surprised” by his rise.

Right. In past years, there was a “clown car” element to the GOP nominating process, but those early “frontrunners” always ended up fading away by the time the voting started. Not this time though!

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**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-how-surprised-are-you-by-trumps-success/748271/64 "2016-03-09T10:18:04Z")

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“Make-believe fascist”… That’s a great, succinct way to characterize The Donald. It even encapsulates his supporters, since they have been “made” to “believe.” Thanks, PhillyGuy.

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