Why Do 74 Million Americans Still Vote Trump?

This is my raw analysis of the Trump phenomenon no filters, no agendas

Mary Carter
4 min readNov 8, 2024

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A campaign rally in Flint, Michigan (Emily Elconin/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

We’re all trying to understand how, after everything that’s happened, Trump not only maintains but increases his support.

And no, I won’t give you that simplistic explanation that they’re all racists, ignorant, or crazy. The reality is much more complex and uncomfortable than that.

I spent the last few months talking to Trump voters from all walks of life — from Silicon Valley entrepreneurs to Michigan rural workers. What I discovered challenged everything I thought I knew. And this is what mainstream media doesn’t want you to understand: support for Trump isn’t irrational — it’s a desperate cry from an America that feels abandoned.

First uncomfortable truth: The economy Biden celebrates so much? For much of America, it doesn’t exist.

While Wall Street hits records, middle-class families struggle with astronomical grocery prices. When Trump asks “Are you better off now than four years ago?”, many people genuinely answer no.

The phenomenon isn’t just economic. There’s a cultural war going on that the progressive elite insists on ignoring. Millions of Americans feel alienated by social changes that are too fast, by “political…

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Mary Carter
Mary Carter

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