In the Republican Presidential primaries in 2024, would you prefer to vote for a Republican candidate who... Among likely Republican primary voters
+---------------------------------------+ | | Yes | No | +-----------+------+------+
| Makes liberals angry | 57% | 43% |
| Challenges "woke" ideas | 85% | 15% |
| Supports U.S. aid to Ukraine | 42% | 58% |
| Opposes any gun restrictions | 66% | 34% |
| Favors a national abortion ban | 51% | 49% |
| Would cut spending on Social Security | 25% | 75% |
| Says Trump won the 2020 election | 61% | 39% |
| Favors Christians over other religious groups | 44% | 56% |
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Which of these, if any, is a reason you said you would vote for Donald Trump?
Among likely Republican primary voters who are voting for Trump
+----------------------------------------------+ | Reason | Yes | No | +----------------------------------+-----+-----+
| His past performance as President | 94% | 6% |
| I just like him personally | 64% | 36% |
| He would beat Joe Biden | 84% | 16% |
| To show support during his legal fights | 65% | 35% |
| How he deals with political opponents | 82% | 18% |
| I think he actually won in 2020 | 75% | 25% |
| He makes liberals angry | 51% | 49% |
| He fights for people like me | 94% | 6% |
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https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/lf2x46gr89/cbsnews_20230501_1.pdf
I get Republicans are dumb as shit, but who the fuck votes for someone because it's going to piss off someone they don't like? That's not even a political opinion, you're just an asshole
I think it's more valid than the other reasons. It's more honest too.
Chuds voting because they like Trump's record or dems voting because they think Biden is progressive are delusional.
Voting for Trump because it pisses off people is factually correct and probably gets them satisfaction even if it's dumb.
Bourgeois democracy working as intended!
I think #4 on this list was #1 in 2016, not sure if there would have been such an explicit poll back then
That's really the only reason that actually matters anyways. The rest is just post-hoc rationalization.
because a lot of people understand implicitly that bourgeois electoralism doesn't actually do shit, or at the very least that its never going to help them (the working class) in any major way. its two neoliberal parties and people know that whether they could articulate it or not. so when faced with a choice between neoliberalism or neoliberalism that will piss off people that annoy you, why not get some satisfaction out of it?
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