Donald Trump’s presidential campaign to me is unorthodox and full of questionable tactics, but it seems to be working. What started as a potential political satire has turned Trump into the front runner of the Republican Party. How is this happening and what is the makeup of his fan base? Racists, the working class, impatient citizens in need for change?
The Atlantic’s national correspondent James Fallows believes this is a complex contradictory movement. We are constantly going back and forth of who his followers actually are without coming to any permanent conclusions. Fallows illustrated the feedback of a variety of public opinions that included vile remarks about Trump or that the media doesn’t know what goes on in real America, but then he get those who understand and try to sympathize with Trump.
Fallow’s describes the “normal” person as those who stick to their political ideology and do not seem like creatures of the extreme, who like Trump’s rashness and are not that afraid of what he would do in office.
One of Fallow’ theory of Trump’s success is that main media narrative of this movement represents racial tension, economic exclusion, and inpatients with politics along with Trump himself. People don’t care about his unique performance or background, but have more of the psychological disposition with trump than probably anyone else.
Fallow’s solution for the media coverage is to ,”try to recognize number one that this is a complicated fast moving situation that we aren’t going to understand in real time. Economic realities, what are racial dimensions, do as much explanatory work on hydraulic of America 2016 and less rally coverage but more talking about the country that is making the decision and the person about whom they are choosing.” The media must focus on the task at hand which the presidential primaries rather than just the next Trump fiasco in order to give people an honest perspective on who is fit for president.
This becomes an interesting cultural matter in politics with the identity of the Republican Party. There is an alliance of modern Republican Party between economic royalists and cultural conservatives that are having racial or religious resentment. This can cause a shift in the face of the party with Trump and those in the future.
I agree with Fallow’s when he said, “Trump expresses the views of those who feel the object of that scorn then that would be true.” Trump represents those who feel victim of what is going on in the world. This political dilemma is presumably tainted by money, biased toward privilege or welded to the status quo is unknown for now, but has the possibility of become a reality sooner rather than later.
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