Hey Trumpers! Do you regret your vote?

[Leinad]

Still happy with my Johnson vote.

[Goldwater]

Still happy with my Johnson vote.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Still happy with my Johnson vote.

[Person Man]

Joke aside. I think that
80% of his voters are happy or don't give a f**k as long as economy is good (thanks Obama), Supreme Court, Taxes etc.
15% are really enjoying (krazen)
5% regret (but-still-better-then-Hillary'ers).

I think the economy is one thing that will sink or save him in 18 or 20.  His policies are unpopular and he has been struggling to implement those policies. Given normal conditions, states that he won/lost by less than 2% may move around, but he will still come out on top. Especially if the election is decided by the meme that Democrats are comparatively socially inept. However, if the economy significantly weakens before the election and there isn't yet a recovery, an expected defection rate of 5% might rise to 10%. He can win 5% of Hillary voters, but he can't win 10%. And if 10% are falling of the wagon, maybe 3-5% tops are defecting towards him.

[NHI]

I'm disappointed, but I still believe it was the right decision with the information available at the time. Even in hindsight, I think it was the right decision.

Sometimes, you don't choose between good and bad, you choose between bad and worse.

[Doimper]

It's a little early for there to be a strong sense of regret from Trump supporters (especially those who specifically like him, and aren't just partisan Republicans.) I wouldn't be surprised if, in another year or two, there will be a non-negligible percentage of Trump voters who regret voting for him. It won't be anywhere near 50%, but it might be in the 5-10% range.

By the end of the Trump presidency if he's impeached or is still in the 30s popularity 20% of the Trump voters will have recanted. Nobody likes being on a losing side indefinitely.

I can't vouch for how true this is, but I remember hearing that Hoover retained 80% of his 1928 voters in 1932.

[Matty]

No, I do not.

[Doimper]

On a general note - I really think that the line the Democratic Party should be taking wrt winning over Trump voters is "Trump conned you", not passing judgement on the voters themselves. People get defensive when they're attacked and dig their heels in deeper - just look at how Trump supporters turned the "deplorable" label into a badge of honor.

[Deblano]

Still happy with my Johnson vote.

[NeederNodder]

It took me 5 years to regret supporting Obama so I guess wait till after 2020.

[Strudelcutie4427]

Ask Trumpers if they voted for him or against the Left. The answer should be far more illuminating and will speak to your question better. People are defensive creatures, and none more than the Trumpers.

Trump could literally shoot someone or declare martial law and as long as the liberals howled the Trumpets will psychologically support him. A sizable contingent will flip when social costs become too exorbitant

I myself voted W to avoid in part being forced to defend the president. It saves me a great deal of psychological contortions and gymnastics.

This is why I voted for him. Not so much because I liked him but because I'm against the left. I still have family living in Venezuela and that's what the left could bring

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

Ask Trumpers if they voted for him or against the Left. The answer should be far more illuminating and will speak to your question better. People are defensive creatures, and none more than the Trumpers.

Trump could literally shoot someone or declare martial law and as long as the liberals howled the Trumpets will psychologically support him. A sizable contingent will flip when social costs become too exorbitant

I myself voted W to avoid in part being forced to defend the president. It saves me a great deal of psychological contortions and gymnastics.

This is why I voted for him. Not so much because I liked him but because I'm against the left. I still have family living in Venezuela and that's what the left could bring

lmbo

[The_Doctor]

Ask Trumpers if they voted for him or against the Left. The answer should be far more illuminating and will speak to your question better. People are defensive creatures, and none more than the Trumpers.

Trump could literally shoot someone or declare martial law and as long as the liberals howled the Trumpets will psychologically support him. A sizable contingent will flip when social costs become too exorbitant

I myself voted W to avoid in part being forced to defend the president. It saves me a great deal of psychological contortions and gymnastics.

This is why I voted for him. Not so much because I liked him but because I'm against the left. I still have family living in Venezuela and that's what the left could bring

Oh I agree, the Left has been a disaster in other countries. No question about that. The problem as I see it is the Alt Right might just wind up having similar effects as the Left. These liberals were autocratic and economically statist. The Trumpian ideology has some similarities here. Not as much on economic statism but the autocratic tendencies cannot be ignored.

For obvious reasons I would vote against a Sanders leftist for similar reasons.

Anyhow it's a legitimate reason to vote for him. I don't agree with it but it's legitimate.

[pbrower2a]

On a general note - I really think that the line the Democratic Party should be taking wrt winning over Trump voters is "Trump conned you", not passing judgement on the voters themselves. People get defensive when they're attacked and dig their heels in deeper - just look at how Trump supporters turned the "deplorable" label into a badge of honor.

He made promises and sold you out.

That is my message.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Ask Trumpers if they voted for him or against the Left. The answer should be far more illuminating and will speak to your question better. People are defensive creatures, and none more than the Trumpers.

Trump could literally shoot someone or declare martial law and as long as the liberals howled the Trumpets will psychologically support him. A sizable contingent will flip when social costs become too exorbitant

I myself voted W to avoid in part being forced to defend the president. It saves me a great deal of psychological contortions and gymnastics.

This is why I voted for him. Not so much because I liked him but because I'm against the left. I still have family living in Venezuela and that's what the left could bring

lmbo

So that's where they went!

[mencken]

I'm disappointed, but I still believe it was the right decision with the information available at the time. Even in hindsight, I think it was the right decision.

Sometimes, you don't choose between good and bad, you choose between bad and worse.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Ask Trumpers if they voted for him or against the Left. The answer should be far more illuminating and will speak to your question better. People are defensive creatures, and none more than the Trumpers.

Trump could literally shoot someone or declare martial law and as long as the liberals howled the Trumpets will psychologically support him. A sizable contingent will flip when social costs become too exorbitant

I myself voted W to avoid in part being forced to defend the president. It saves me a great deal of psychological contortions and gymnastics.

This is why I voted for him. Not so much because I liked him but because I'm against the left. I still have family living in Venezuela and that's what the left could bring

Oh I agree, the Left has been a disaster in other countries. No question about that. The problem as I see it is the Alt Right might just wind up having similar effects as the Left. These liberals were autocratic and economically statist. The Trumpian ideology has some similarities here. Not as much on economic statism but the autocratic tendencies cannot be ignored.

For obvious reasons I would vote against a Sanders leftist for similar reasons.

Anyhow it's a legitimate reason to vote for him. I don't agree with it but it's legitimate.

     As it happens, we were in trouble well before November 8th. I am not thrilled with Trump, but these topics annoy me in part because of the seeming implication that it's all down to Trump and we might have been fine otherwise. These currents have existed for a while now and would continue to exist regardless.

[The_Doctor]

Ask Trumpers if they voted for him or against the Left. The answer should be far more illuminating and will speak to your question better. People are defensive creatures, and none more than the Trumpers.

Trump could literally shoot someone or declare martial law and as long as the liberals howled the Trumpets will psychologically support him. A sizable contingent will flip when social costs become too exorbitant

I myself voted W to avoid in part being forced to defend the president. It saves me a great deal of psychological contortions and gymnastics.

This is why I voted for him. Not so much because I liked him but because I'm against the left. I still have family living in Venezuela and that's what the left could bring

Oh I agree, the Left has been a disaster in other countries. No question about that. The problem as I see it is the Alt Right might just wind up having similar effects as the Left. These liberals were autocratic and economically statist. The Trumpian ideology has some similarities here. Not as much on economic statism but the autocratic tendencies cannot be ignored.

For obvious reasons I would vote against a Sanders leftist for similar reasons.

Anyhow it's a legitimate reason to vote for him. I don't agree with it but it's legitimate.

     As it happens, we were in trouble well before November 8th. I am not thrilled with Trump, but these topics annoy me in part because of the seeming implication that it's all down to Trump and we might have been fine otherwise. These currents have existed for a while now and would continue to exist regardless.

We = the Republicans or the country? I wanted to ask before expanding.

[TheSaint250]

Nope.  I hope he can still bring in some of his more populist elements, such as infrastructure spending and a less interventionist foreign policy stance, but ANY of the alternatives would have been worse, in my opinion (except for Evan McMullin, he wouldn't have been SO bad. I just agree with Trump on more issues)

[angus]

I'm not a Trumper (are we calling them "trumpers" now?), but I voted no because anyway I do not regret voting for Bradford Lyttle for President.  He didn't win so he didn't influence policy and therefore I don't have the luxury of regretting it, do I? 

(OP:  offer a third option next time saying "I'm not a Trumper--I still like "Trumpets" better--but I like voting in internet straw polls.)

[Classic Conservative]

I wish he was a little more conservative and stayed more true to his message, but I'm nonetheless loving it and basking in the greatness and glory of Trump all day long!

[I Won - Get Over It]

I wish he was a little more less conservative and stayed more true to his message, but I'm nonetheless loving it and basking in the greatness and glory of Trump all day long!

[Tancred]

No. I voted for Trump mostly due to his stance on the trade issue. I didn't trust Hillary Clinton on the TPP and I am happy that Trump killed that deal.

That being said Trump has been a disappointment in other areas like foreign policy (I think we should stay out of Syria entirely) and outside of the trade issue it looks like Trump's economic policy is standard fare GOP policy, which is not what I agree with.

I admit that I thought there was a chance that Trump would be a genuine populist maverick. I will likely vote for the Democratic candidate in 2020 unless they put up someone really bad like Cory Booker or Andrew Cuomo. 

[Higgs]

Not even a little bit. I never supported him in the primaries, but I can't think of anything he could realistically do that would make Clinton a better choice.

[pbrower2a]

I wish he was a little more conservative and stayed more true to his message, but I'm nonetheless loving it and basking in the greatness and glory of Trump all day long!

That is the normal language for use in discussing the Eternal President, his son, and his grandson... in North Korea. Except that such is usually done in Korean.