# Why did Republicans vote for Trump?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [January 25, 2017, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-republicans-vote-for-trump/778136 "2017-01-25T12:21:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-republicans-vote-for-trump/778136/53 "2017-01-25T23:43:13Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> What made _Republicans_ think that Trump was a suitable candidate for the top job in the country?

I think there have been a fair few threads that have touched on this. But don’t confuse voting for Trump with voting for Trump himself. IMHO different people voted for Trump for different reasons: the Supreme Court; not-Clinton; protest against the elites; the arrogance of liberals; the abuse of liberals calling them racists, sexists, etc; the lack of respect; and doubtless many more. That said, I’ve yet to find one person who voted for Trump because he was Trump. Indeed, while it is implied in those who voted him for the Supreme Court choices, not one said they voted for him because he was on the Republican ticket.

As for Dopers, I’ve [repeatedly](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18529944&highlight=arrogant#post18529944) [called](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19592755&highlight=arrogant#post19592755) [out](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19702866&highlight=arrogant#post19702866) [Dopers’](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19712278&highlight=arrogant#post19712278) [arrogance](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19750847&highlight=arrogant#post19750847) [over](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19750949&highlight=arrogant#post19750949) [the](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19765025&highlight=arrogant#post19765025) [past](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19765057&highlight=arrogant#post19765057) year.

And those filthy little proles took your arrogant, snooty, contempt and used their votes to give you what they saw as a well-deserved kicking.

To repeat a quote to which I linked earlier:

> [@Quinnipiac poll shows a tight race between Trump and Clinton in FL, OH, and PA. Anyone surprised?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quinnipiac-poll-shows-a-tight-race-between-trump-and-clinton-in-fl-oh-and-pa-anyone-surprised/754512/24):
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> One can either speak articulately _or_ one can speak in language that Trump supporters understand.  
> One can not do both.

Trump looks to be a dreadful President and it’s your fault.

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