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Originally Posted by LordJvK
It's very simple. People who voted for Trump say that they appreciate that he "tells it like it is" without getting mealy mouthed or trying to be PC.
Nigel Farage has exactly the same appeal. And Boris Johnson too.
I agree it is not the sole factor but a contributing one to a whole number of factors all moving in the same direction at the same time. "Cometh the hour", as they say, "cometh the man". Trump just so happened to be the man.
Althusser would call it "overdetermination".
Did the people who voted for Trump who say they appreciate that he "tells it like it is" also vote for Obama? Or did they vote for Republicans? There is
evidence that concern about political correctness is already a strong predictor of partisan affiliation (I recall seeing similar poll data in the past, but I'm having trouble finding a link now), and little evidence that an unusual number of normally Democratic voters voted for Trump. I'd also argue that "concern with political correctness" isn't just a
cause of Republican affiliation, but also very much the designed
effect of much of the Right's discourse.
"Overdetermination" is essentially the point I'm making about not focusing narrowly on a single cause for the election result.