# What do Trump supporters watch. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 23, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-trump-supporters-watch/777902 "2017-01-23T00:34:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-trump-supporters-watch/777902/21 "2017-01-23T14:25:32Z")
This Trump supporter watches documentaries (serious ones not the kind on the History channel), Blue Bloods, Code Black, Bunuel movies, precode American movies, old French movies (Les Enfants du Paradis, La Règle du Jeu, La Grande Illusion, Le Trou, etc), Fellini, Pasolini, David Lynch, oh and a shitload of other stuff. What I do not watch (life is too short) are inane late night shows with dumb jokes and dumber celebrities, any of the reality crap and any awards show with Hollywood stars reminding themselves how fantastic and truly concerned they are. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-trump-supporters-watch/777902/22 "2017-01-23T14:33:42Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > why are you assuming they are all in lock-step with each other? They don’t need to be lock-step for there to be broad demographic strokes. Not every Republican watches crime procedurals but crime procedurals are more popular among Republican voters. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-trump-supporters-watch/777902/23 "2017-01-23T14:48:22Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > They watch Hillary supports freak the fuck out. You misspelled sane, reasonable people. So what is it with NCIS? Every republican I know is crazy about it. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-trump-supporters-watch/777902/24 "2017-01-23T15:22:04Z")
I know some Trump supporters and a lot of non-political shows are on their radar. Home Remodeling shows, reality TV stuff, etc. > [@astorian](#): > > I’m a conservative Catholic Never Trump Republican. > > . We should have a therapy group. I’m not Catholic, but I am a pretty conservative Christian who sat there dumbfounded while evangelicals(and the like) voted for the man…who represented everything opposite them. Then again, I am an educator and support funding to public schools, so perhaps I’ve left many of them behind already. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-trump-supporters-watch/777902/25 "2017-01-23T17:03:47Z")
> [@White SIFL](#): > > So what is it with NCIS? Every republican I know is crazy about it. The show is an interesting mix. It starts with being a basic police procedural, catch the bad guy story line. Add in the military background (SUPPORT THE TROOPS!), the male lead in the original NCIS is an authoritarian hard-ass type with a heart of gold. His bosses are all no-nonsense authoritarian hard-ass types. Layer in a liberal dose of ominous backstories for everyone where they mysteriously mention time spent in Bosnia, or Afghanistan, or (insert exotic place name). And the resolution of each story line is usually blasting away at the bad guy (I can’t remember them actually arresting anyone, but that’s just me.) But, where the shows really work is that there is a lot of humor and quirky characters and relationships in the main cast. They do a good job with that aspect. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-trump-supporters-watch/777902/26 "2017-01-23T18:34:45Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > They actually did a study about that back in August, and apparently, the top five shows that Trump supporters watched more than the average American were: > > 1“The Mysteries of Laura,” > 2“NCIS,” > 3“NCIS: New Orleans,” > 4“Limitless” > 5“Rosewood.” > > And for Clinton supporters, it was > > 1.“The Mysteries of Laura” > 2“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” > 3“The Good Wife,” > 4“Madame Secretary” > 5“Telenovela.” Does (or did) ANYONE REALLY WATCH “Mysteries of Laura”? Me thinks that pool i was either all wet or didn’t hold water, one of the two. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-trump-supporters-watch/777902/27 "2017-01-23T18:39:16Z")
> [@zamboniracer](#): > > Does (or did) ANYONE REALLY WATCH “Mysteries of Laura”? Me thinks that pool i was either all wet or didn’t hold water, one of the two. 😉 All the Trump & Clinton supporters did! Which goes to show how few people vote ---
**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-trump-supporters-watch/777902/28 "2017-01-23T18:39:47Z")
> [@irritant](#): > > _NCIS_. Cooking shows. Fox news. John Wayne movies on an endless loop. That’s what my dad watches, anyway. Oh, and _Walker, Texas Ranger_ marathons. ftr, a majority of white women voted for Trump. They may not fit your liberal, judgemental view. ---
**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-trump-supporters-watch/777902/29 "2017-01-23T18:41:13Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > They actually did a study about that back in August, and apparently, the top five shows that Trump supporters watched more than the average American were: Yeah, how did all that surveying work out. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-trump-supporters-watch/777902/30 "2017-01-23T18:41:59Z")
Professional wrestling, and they believe it’s real. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-trump-supporters-watch/777902/31 "2017-01-23T18:50:39Z")
If we’re going to include shows from the past: 1. _24_ 2. _Mission: Impossible_ 3. _Combat_ 4. _The Rat Patrol_ 5. _The FBI_ ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-trump-supporters-watch/777902/32 "2017-01-23T19:02:27Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Professional wrestling, and they believe it’s real. It’s not fake. It’s an alternative documentary. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-trump-supporters-watch/777902/33 "2017-01-23T19:09:51Z")
[IMDB](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3102924/) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-trump-supporters-watch/777902/34 "2017-01-23T19:18:40Z")
Am I alone in never having heard of “The Mysteries of Laura” until this thread? ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-trump-supporters-watch/777902/35 "2017-01-23T19:20:46Z")
> [@Trion](#): > > It’s not fake. It’s an alternative documentary. I see what you did there. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-trump-supporters-watch/777902/36 "2017-01-23T19:42:01Z")
> [@up\_the\_junction](#): > > ftr, a majority of white women voted for Trump. They may not fit your liberal, judgemental view. And we all know it’s only the white women whose votes count! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-trump-supporters-watch/777902/37 "2017-01-23T19:44:45Z")
[This graphical story from the NYT](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/26/upshot/duck-dynasty-vs-modern-family-television-maps.html?WT.mc_id=2016-KWP-AUD_DEV&WT.mc_ev=click&ad-keywords=AUDDEVREMARK&kwp_0=302296&kwp_4=1169511&kwp_1=532257) is from a month ago (Dec 27, 2016) but it has maps of the most popular shows in different areas of the country. There’s a lot of data to mull over. One thing I do see is that people in rural areas do not watch any late night shows such as Kimmel or Saturday Night Live. Those shows are all very left-leaning these days. ---
**Author:** ![Pabitel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@Pabitel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pabitel)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-trump-supporters-watch/777902/38 "2017-01-23T21:09:57Z")
> [@White SIFL](#): > > So what is it with NCIS? Every republican I know is crazy about it. Every cop is good, honest and mean. The cops always win. Every crime is solved. Every week a bunch of minority undesirables get shot / blown up / arrested or all three. The show is the world every republican wishes they lived in. The good, white and rich get to stay home, safe and warm, and their surrogates get to go out and shoot the “bad people.” ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-trump-supporters-watch/777902/39 "2017-01-23T21:15:50Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > [This graphical story from the NYT](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/26/upshot/duck-dynasty-vs-modern-family-television-maps.html?WT.mc_id=2016-KWP-AUD_DEV&WT.mc_ev=click&ad-keywords=AUDDEVREMARK&kwp_0=302296&kwp_4=1169511&kwp_1=532257) is from a month ago (Dec 27, 2016) but it has maps of the most popular shows in different areas of the country. > > There’s a lot of data to mull over. One thing I do see is that people in rural areas do not watch any late night shows such as Kimmel or Saturday Night Live. Those shows are all very left-leaning these days. > [@](#): > > When we looked at how many active Facebook users in a given ZIP code “liked” certain TV shows, we found that the 50 most-liked shows clustered into three groups with distinct geographic distributions. Seems to me all this study tells us is which shows are more popular in rural areas than in urban areas. No surprise Duck Dynasty falls into that category. But I can’t tell if DD is more popular than SNL in those areas. And let’s not forget, what was it about a year ago, SNL let Donald host! ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-trump-supporters-watch/777902/40 "2017-01-23T21:28:12Z")
> [@Pabitel](#): > > Every cop is good, honest and mean. The cops always win. Every crime is solved. Every week a bunch of minority undesirables get shot / blown up / arrested or all three. > > The show is the world every republican wishes they lived in. The good, white and rich get to stay home, safe and warm, and their surrogates get to go out and shoot the “bad people.” The show must have changed. I recall from the first few seasons that most of the bad guys were rogue members of the military, usually with mental health issues, military who had flipped allegiance, and terrorists. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-trump-supporters-watch/777902.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-trump-supporters-watch/777902.md?page=3)