I think Trump scores highly on showing respect and solidarity to voters. He attacks individuals, and he attacks non voters, but he respects all voters.
That seems like an interesting statement. I don’t think Muslim or hispanic voters feel like Trump respects them. You can take many statements of him as sign that he doesn’t respect woman.
Saying that he thinks that prisoners of war aren’t heros, is something that many soldiers would take as disrespecting the troops if it would come from any other candidate.
I guess he fails to respect literally everyone, but he shows respect to enough people who are traditionally disrespected by politicians of both parties.
In other words, instead of the “I am better than you” signalling game, he focuses on the game of getting votes. Most politicians play a mix of both games. (Which is probably better in long term. If Trump happens to lose this election, his chances are gone. On the other hand, if Hillary loses, she can still run for the president 4 years later.)
That seems like an interesting statement. I don’t think Muslim or hispanic voters feel like Trump respects them. You can take many statements of him as sign that he doesn’t respect woman.
Saying that he thinks that prisoners of war aren’t heros, is something that many soldiers would take as disrespecting the troops if it would come from any other candidate.
I guess he fails to respect literally everyone, but he shows respect to enough people who are traditionally disrespected by politicians of both parties.
In other words, instead of the “I am better than you” signalling game, he focuses on the game of getting votes. Most politicians play a mix of both games. (Which is probably better in long term. If Trump happens to lose this election, his chances are gone. On the other hand, if Hillary loses, she can still run for the president 4 years later.)
That isn’t necessarily true. He can still run another time. He can still run on what Hillary did wrong and on how she stole his election.