Essay On Donald Trump Authoritarianism

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Donald Trump’s presidential success has had many people wondering why someone voted for a man who doesn’t shy away from controversy, someone who undoubtedly subjects himself to a racist, misogynistic and xenophobic narrative and has no real political experience. Donald Trump has impressed and won the vote of mainly uneducated older white people, but he has also enticed the upper class, highly educated people, moderate and conservative Republicans, Independents and even some minorities. Why did they vote for Trump? Well, according to political scientists it is much easier to explain than you might have thought. This is known as authoritarianism, which allows us to gain a better understanding of the ideology behind a Trump supporter.

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They also conducted polls on fears, in order to find more authoritarian inclinations. They found that fears such as car accidents and addictive prescription drugs among authoritarians and non-authoritarians weren’t that significantly different, but it appears that fears of threats abroad are significantly more common in authoritarians.
Authoritarians fear and want to be protected from threats like terrorism or anything remotely foreign, and who can do that for them? Well, apparently Donald Trump can. That’s why authoritarian tendencies are commonly found in Trump supporters because his entire campaign was about “making America great again.” Trump promised to build a wall across the Southern border to ensure that immigrants won’t enter the US, after proclaiming that Mexico was “bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists.” Trump’s strategy to defeat ISIS has been fairly vague, but he stated at one of his rallies that he would “bomb the sh*t out of them.” Trump’s narrative from the start has catered to those who fear these things, which is why Trump’s rhetoric attracts authoritarians. So, really, it’s not at all hard to see why these people voted for

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