# How is trump still a viable candidate for president? Really, how?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
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**Created:** [May 12, 2023, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-trump-still-a-viable-candidate-for-president-really-how/983949 "2023-05-12T14:28:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2023, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-trump-still-a-viable-candidate-for-president-really-how/983949/107 "2023-05-19T18:37:26Z")

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> [@Tucker Carlson Leaves Fox News](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/423):
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> The question is how many viewers will stay will Fox vs how many will drift to wherever Tucker goes. I’ve seen a disturbing number of people crying about how only Tucker was brave enough to tell the “truth”.

When a hefty fraction of the public thinks Tucker Carlson is a source of Truth, it’s hardly surprising that same hefty fraction totally thinks Trump is the ideal person to Make America Great Again. Especially white badly educated America.

For a very large fraction of the country we do not have politics about policies and priorities. Instead we have reality TV culture wars. And folks are voting for which reality TV character they want to win the culture war on their behalf.

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