The Hispanic attorney (29, Florida)
‘He has demonstrated that he is, at heart, a caring person’ ... ...
The scientist who likes both Bernie and Donald (48, California)
‘I’m very concerned about radical Muslims’ ... ...
The Occupy protester turned Trump supporter (24, New York)
‘His candidacy is ripping the soul of America apart – we deserve it’ ... ...
The casino supervisor (56, Oklahoma)
‘We are completely tired of government’ ... ...
The yoga teacher (29, Tennessee)
‘Don’t publish my name. It would ruin my progressive image’ ... ...
The retired biomedical engineer (56, Hawaii)
‘It’s too late for a cure’ ... ...
The gay Arab Muslim student (age not given, Missouri)
‘My parents are horrified’ ... ...
The anti-PC college professor (50, California)
‘I’m angry at forced diversity’ ... ...
The evangelical pastor (51, Tennessee)
‘I’m not electing someone to fight for my soul’ ... ...
The white male early retiree (62, Delaware)
‘Trump is a wake up call’
I am highly educated (PhD, MBA, JD) and a licensed attorney. I am British by birth and naturalized American. I grew up in England appreciating the free medical care and education that I received, and in that sense you could say I understand the position of Bernie Sanders. All my life, I voted Democrat.
I am also “unemployed” (forced early retirement) and unable to get a job because, in my perception, I am too old, male and white. You may think that discrimination over these factors is illegal and therefore not practiced here. I can tell from my experience as a hiring manager that you would be wrong. There is not even any point in me showing up for an interview now. If I try to hide my age and race on my resume, it becomes clear when you meet me in person. For the first time in my life, I feel disadvantaged by factors over which I have no control.
The tension between my liberal politics and the real world has become too much to live with. Your publication and others have endlessly described the demographics of a Trump supporter; people look at me and assume I think a certain way. I am tired of being looked at with these assumptions in mind. I may as well join the Trump bandwagon simply because that is how I look and am treated.
Trump is a wake up call. A president Trump could be as bad as Hitler, but if he shocks some good people in both the Republican and Democratic parties into realizing that they are ignoring legitimate concerns of a seizable minority, then let him have his four years.
The manager (52, South Carolina)
‘People would realize democracy is messy’ ... ...
The Indian-American attorney who is part of the 1% (50, Illinois)
‘It’s a very economics-driven decision’ ... ...
