# Some people apparently like trump as a person **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 22, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-apparently-like-trump-as-a-person/775390 "2016-12-22T18:23:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-apparently-like-trump-as-a-person/775390/61 "2016-12-30T04:59:01Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > So what if people like Trump as a person? All you’re going to do by getting worked up over it is give yourself an ulcer. Who are you talking to? ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-apparently-like-trump-as-a-person/775390/62 "2016-12-30T16:34:24Z")
> [@rbroome](#): > > I am certainly no Trump fan, but seriously? > The man is a real-estate salesman. That is all he has ever done, and he has made and lost billions doing it. No one can be successful in that field without being a likable, even charming individual in person. His entire career shows that one-on-one he is a likable person. Of course. Being personable is a calculated tool for manipulating people. Likability is completely dependent on context, and why one person likes another has a lot to do with the vested interests of each. Apart from that he clearly has a childish need for approval for its own sake, and that is what the election was fundamentally all about for him. That’s why he still wants to go to rallies, where all he has to do is spew out bullshit and everyone will eat it up. But when someone who has a modicum of critical thinking skills points out that he’s full of shit, then he throws a temper tantrum and is no longer so likable. He’s only likable so long as he gets what he wants. ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-apparently-like-trump-as-a-person/775390/63 "2016-12-30T16:45:27Z")
> [@slash2k](#): > > Prior to the election, I believed that the majority of voters were smart enough to figure that out, and would vote for the competent candidate. Obviously, that didn’t happen, so my opinion of the electorate shifted because it was proven wrong. Nitpick: Your belief was proven right. The majority of the voters _were_ smart enough. But that majority wasn’t distributed in a way that got the result the majority wanted. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-apparently-like-trump-as-a-person/775390/64 "2016-12-31T21:46:19Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > Polling information that was finally proven wrong by the election results. :smack: The election results that showed that Trump lost the popular vote by several million? That he won three key states with a variance within the margin of error? That’s not a flaw with polling. That’s a flaw with how polling was _interpreted._ Americans may finally be learning what citizens of other countries knew a long time ago: national polling numbers are rather meaningless when it comes to a riding-by-riding or district-by-district count. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-apparently-like-trump-as-a-person/775390.md?page=3)