Poll Shows Trump Supporters Are Profoundly Disconnected From Reality

A new PPP poll unveiled on MSNBC’s ‘The Rachel Maddow Show’ Thursday showed just how out of touch Donald Trump’s supporters are with the real world.

On a slew of questions about simple facts, a large chunk – and, in some cases, strong majorities – of Trump supporters are simply living in a different reality.

Nearly 40 percent of the president-elect’s supporters believe the stock market has gone down under President Obama, despite the fact that it’s nearly doubled during Obama’s tenure.

Trump supporters are also living in an alternate reality with respect to the unemployment rate. Even though the jobless number has gone from 7.8 percent in January 2009 to 4.6 percent last month, a whopping 67 percent of Trump voters think it’s actually increased.

Forty percent of Trump fans also believe that Hillary Clinton lost the popular vote, despite her margin over Trump exceeding 2.7 million votes. An even greater percentage – 60 percent – think “millions” of people illegally cast their ballots for the former Secretary of State.

When asked by PPP whether Trump protesters are being paid by George Soros, 73 percent of the incoming president’s supporters said yes. Fifty-three percent think that votes in the state of California should not be included in the popular vote tally.

The full PPP poll will be released on Friday, but these results show what Donald Trump’s conspiracy-driven campaign has done to our politics and how he has convinced his supporters that the world as it is doesn’t really exist.

Americans are no longer just divided by political ideology, but also by their belief in reality.

sassy wrote:Totally true.   They should be made to stand in front of a board with facts on when they spout their rubbish, so everyone can see what rubbish it is.

Ben Reilly wrote:

A new PPP poll unveiled on MSNBC’s ‘The Rachel Maddow Show’ Thursday showed just how out of touch Donald Trump’s supporters are with the real world.

On a slew of questions about simple facts, a large chunk – and, in some cases, strong majorities – of Trump supporters are simply living in a different reality.

Nearly 40 percent of the president-elect’s supporters believe the stock market has gone down under President Obama, despite the fact that it’s nearly doubled during Obama’s tenure.

Trump supporters are also living in an alternate reality with respect to the unemployment rate. Even though the jobless number has gone from 7.8 percent in January 2009 to 4.6 percent last month, a whopping 67 percent of Trump voters think it’s actually increased.

Forty percent of Trump fans also believe that Hillary Clinton lost the popular vote, despite her margin over Trump exceeding 2.7 million votes. An even greater percentage – 60 percent – think “millions” of people illegally cast their ballots for the former Secretary of State.

When asked by PPP whether Trump protesters are being paid by George Soros, 73 percent of the incoming president’s supporters said yes. Fifty-three percent think that votes in the state of California should not be included in the popular vote tally.

The full PPP poll will be released on Friday, but these results show what Donald Trump’s conspiracy-driven campaign has done to our politics and how he has convinced his supporters that the world as it is doesn’t really exist.

Americans are no longer just divided by political ideology, but also by their belief in reality.

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/12/08/trump-supporters-alternate-reality.html

Lord Independent Thoughts wrote:Hmmm... perhaps it's the Liberal machine that needs tweaking?

Who won the Presidential election?  Hehe.
Who made a net profit with gained Congressional seats in the previous mid-term elections?  Not the Dems or Libs.  
Who lost control of the House and Senate to the Republicans in the election before that... and hasn't regained it since?  Again, we know that answer too.  

Liberals and Conservatives... both living in their little bubble.  But the elections show that the Liberals live in a much bigger fantasy bubble.  It's everyone else's fault that Hillary lost.  Let's even dust off the "It's Bush's fault!" mantra.  Might as well, since you've blamed it on everything except for your failed and unanimously rejected ideology.  Liberalism = Fail!

...would you support it if it did what it was intended for and voted for the most qualified and most popular candidate over the one the one that 'won the Electoral College'?