# Would you vote for Donald Trump for POTUS? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 17, 2015, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054 "2015-08-17T06:08:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/361 "2015-08-27T17:21:11Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > It’s too bad this wasn’t a public poll. Has anyone besides **Starving Artist** and myself announced they’d vote for Donald? I will ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/362 "2015-08-27T17:30:39Z")
I haven’t said I’d vote for him yet. The odds are very good that I would but I want to wait until he offer more detailed info and whether or not he flames out as time goes by. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/363 "2015-08-27T23:12:28Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > CIS? The Center for Immigration Studies? > > Right Wing Watch has [a selection of articles](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/category/organizations/center-for-immigration-studies). Read them & vomit. > > [More information](https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2015/fudging-facts-look-cis-studies) from the SPLC. Focusing on their non-facts… > > Why, yes. These might be considered “partisan” sources. I prefer sanity to nativist creeps. Yes, the SPLC is highly partisan. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/364 "2018-12-31T22:59:01Z")
Bump > [@contradancer](#): > > So, that is how I really feel and I’m glad someone is finally saying it and if Trump can really do this, I will vote for him. [Posted by the OP today](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=868152): > [@contradancer](#): > > An article today in the Washington Post was enlightening regarding People in our country living paycheck to paycheck, and on the brink of financial disaster if they face a loss of income, such as trump shutting down the government and taking away the pay for thousands of federal employees and thus the people affected in a domino effect He and his never suffer. Ivanka’s children still suffer no consequences, unlike my neighbors children who, in a few months will have no guarantee of a regular meal every day, or even a car, or a home if it goes on. I’m going to venture a guess and say that most people agree Trump is deranged and would ruin our Democracy to get his way. I live in fear of him. I guess our Constitution left that part out. No protection from evil if he is elected president by lying and cheating his way to being elected. In any case, my son, single, no children lives paycheck to paycheck largely due to rent, heat, state taxes, and huge student loan payments. They take out 40% of his pay and this year, thanks to the new tax plan, will owe taxes instead of getting a refund. He makes $82,000/year and is poor. that salary is based on over 9 years experience in his area of expertise. It has occurred to me that people who make less and have children, well I don’t want to imagine the details, must be living this awful life where a decent life and even any retirement are pipe dreams. Is there anyone who has their story to tell of living on an income that just does not pay for what used to be a middle-income life? Is it the overall picture of this country now or just a few? Maybe there really \*is \*a God… ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/365 "2018-12-31T23:22:34Z")
Like the meme goes: > [@](#): > > ‘I never thought leopards would eat MY face,’ sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People’s Faces Party Quite a few people who supported Trump & the Republicans in the name of their hatreds have gotten blindsided when \*they \*didn’t prove magically exempt from the incompetence and persecution of the people they put into power. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/366 "2019-01-01T12:19:40Z")
😛 I see I’m not the only one who thought to bump this thread when poor widdle **contradancer** whined today about Trump trying to impoverish American families. En route, I found this exchange particularly amusing: > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [QUOTE=contradancer] > I want all of them out. Along with their children. If any aliens want to come into our country they have to follow the rules. Canada does it. Why can’t we? American Exceptionalism. Don’t you watch Fox News? They talk about it all the time. America is special, so things that work in other countries, like universal health care, would never work here. Why do you want to make America another Canadian hellhole? [/QUOTE] These Trumpistas need to synchronize their babblings. Here’s one who does understand that destroying government should be high priority: > [@living paycheck to paycheck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-paycheck-to-paycheck/827004/7): > > On the other hand, if the government stays shut down for a long time, eventually those people will find other work, and the positions may even be eliminated. That could save all taxpayers some money in the long run, and a lot of people could \*stop \*living paycheck to paycheck. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/367 "2019-01-01T15:05:36Z")
I think this thread should be designated as a place where former thump supporters who have seen the light can come and admit the error of their earlier misguided thinking. There will be no reprisals.\* And we will give them cookies. \*Well, maybe a little mockery. And an occasional “We told you so!” ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/368 "2019-01-01T15:10:28Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I think this thread should be designated as a place where former thump supporters who have seen the light can come and admit the error of their earlier misguided thinking. There will be no reprisals.\* And we will give them cookies. > > \*Well, maybe a little mockery. And an occasional “We told you so!” A good idea, but I think most Trump supporters have run away from the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![WernhamHogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@WernhamHogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WernhamHogg)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/369 "2019-01-01T16:07:45Z")
If your son makes 82 grand a year and does not have children he is not poor, just shitty at financial planning. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/370 "2019-01-01T16:19:26Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > A good idea, but I think most Trump supporters have run away from the SDMB. This keeps getting said, but is there any evidence that people who initially declared themselves to be Trump supporters have walked/run away? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/371 "2019-01-01T17:36:34Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > This keeps getting said, but is there any evidence that people who initially declared themselves to be Trump supporters have walked/run away? Well, the evidence is that they’re not posting much any more. They’ve run away from here if not from DJT. It seems to me that right after the election and for a long time thereafter, there were a boatload of them, and now, not so much. There used to be page after page of rambling back-and-forth posts where some Trumpnik would defend his Fuehrer. I don’t see that any more. I don’t think it’s just that I have them all on “ignore” either. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/372 "2019-01-01T19:06:48Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > 😛 I see I’m not the only one who thought to bump this thread when poor widdle **contradancer** whined today about Trump trying to impoverish American families. And yet, right at the top of this very page (post #351) we have this gem from you: > [@septimus](#): > > It’s too bad this wasn’t a public poll. Has anyone besides Starving Artist and myself announced they’d vote for Donald? I see Magellan01 has most posts in the thread; did he ever answer OP’s question? I’m not thinking you have much moral high ground to stand on while pointing and laughing at others who supported Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/373 "2019-01-01T19:31:12Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > A good idea, but I think most Trump supporters have run away from the SDMB. I’m still here, but I rarely waste any time in The Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/374 "2019-01-01T19:33:31Z")
And yet, here you are. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/375 "2019-01-01T19:41:28Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > And yet, here you are. Only because this thread was snarked on another board, and the link brought me here. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/376 "2019-01-01T20:04:07Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > This keeps getting said, but is there any evidence that people who initially declared themselves to be Trump supporters have walked/run away? Gosh no. They still support that piece of filth. They have just run out of ways to try to defend their position. They are less vocal now. These idiots will love him no mater what he does. They have to. Otherwise they must admit just how wrong they are. Not just “This is bad for the economy and people wrong”. Not just “I hate brown people” wrong. We are talking “2+2=5” wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/377 "2019-01-01T20:31:50Z")
Some of them still support him. But we have evidence right here of someone who did, but doesn’t any more. Trump’s base is not monolithic. We can and must convince some of them to change their minds. Yes, a lot of Americans made a mistake two years ago. But mistakes can be corrected. ---
**Author:** ![yellow\_sausage\_bandit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yellow_sausage_bandit/32/394_2.png) [@yellow\_sausage\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellow_sausage_bandit)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/378 "2019-01-01T20:48:44Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Yes. I would definitely and eagerly vote for Trump in a Republican Primary election. > > I encourage all Democrats to re-register as Republican for the express purpose of voting for Trump. Please; let’s make Trump the GOP nominee! This is the surest way forward. Hallelujah. So, did you end up voting for Trump in the primaries? And are you happy with the result? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/379 "2019-01-01T20:48:52Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Some of them still support him. But we have evidence right here of someone who did, but doesn’t any more. Trump’s base is not monolithic. We can and must convince some of them to change their minds. Yes, a lot of Americans made a mistake two years ago. But mistakes can be corrected. My Wife’s side of the family are all trump supporters. We get along fine. They used to love to talk about how MAGA would be. I’m talking about people that are construction workers, to teachers to a CEO. And pretty much everything in-between. They don’t seem to want to talk about it now. They where VERY vocal before. I don’t bring it up. And won’t. … Actually a niece, a teacher, is changing her mind. She brought it up, not my wife or I. Heh. And a Nephew too. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/380 "2019-01-01T21:46:14Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > I’m still here, but I rarely waste any time in The Pit. > [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Only because this thread was snarked on another board, and the link brought me here. As I live and breathe. Never did I think I’d live to see the day. The only thing worse on the planet than a Trump supporter. A giraffe supporter. :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054.md?page=20)