TRump supporters know that Trump is a horrible person. That's what they like about him.



By a 3-to-1 margin, Trump supporters embrace his personality over his policies




By Philip Bump
National correspondent
August 23 at 3:12 PM


If you spend any time with supporters of President Trump, something becomes quickly apparent. Ask them why they stand with the president and the first response will generally be something abstract: Trump is making America great again. He’s putting America first. He’s delivering for the people. After eight years of Barack Obama, Trump is turning things around. Some will mention the economy; fewer will mention other policy issues. But generally the theme is that they support Trump for being Trump.

Last August, the Pew Research Center asked Americans if they liked Trump and why. Of the minority that approved of Trump’s job performance, a majority — a bit under 60 percent — indicated that the rationale for their support stemmed from his personality and approach to the job vs. his policies or values. (Most of those who disapproved said they had nothing positive to point to about Trump’s performance.)

On Thursday, the pollsters released an updated version of that question. Once again, personality is preferred to policies among Trump supporters, with a slightly higher percentage pointing to policies and values than last year.







“Personality and approach” is a big bucket, including things like Trump’s willingness to do battle with political opponents, a factor in his presidency that receives a lot of attention. Pew broke out the categorizations above into smaller buckets, giving us a better sense of what Trump supporters mean when they say that it’s his personality and approach that motivates them.

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Only about a quarter of the country points to Trump’s policies as their main concern or reason to be enthusiastic about his presidency. More than half point to his personality and approach to the job as why they are or are not concerned about where his presidency is headed.

That in itself seems like a fair reflection of how Trump was considered in 2016, too.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/08/23/by-a-3-to-1-margin-trump-supporters-embrace-his-personality-over-his-policies/?utm_term=.9a562f47d121

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