Trump's behaviour during his campaign has been extremely bizarre at times. He's rambled, displayed confusion, stumbled around, and been incoherent. That's on top of his usual mad lies and wild claims that are clearly just bollocks.
At this point, I don't think there's anything he could do that could put off his legion of ardent fans. He's been convicted of sexual assault, has further felony charges pending, incited a riot where people were killed, and tried to undermine democracy by refusing to accept the results of the last election. The man is absolutely insane.
So the question is, why are people still voting for a complete fucking loon rather than Kamala Harris who seems a pretty decent person, even if I don't agree with her on everything?
There's not one single answer:
a) The USA has struggled since COVID and inflation has risen - rightly or wrongly, the public blames Biden and the Democrats
b) Because of a), the Democrat approval rate is very low and people don't want to re-elect the same government they believe are to blame for their financial woes
c) Kamala Harris is closely tied to Biden as his VP, therefore she's perceived as being part of the current problems
d) People believe that Kamala lied deliberately about Biden's health and therefore can't be trusted (but Trump is definitely TOTALLY trustworthy....)
e) Some people will always vote Republican
f) Some people find Kamala's views on women's rights extremely problematic and believe that women will be put in real danger by the loss of their identity and single sex spaces
g) Connected to f) - people are unhappy about gender ideology being pushed at school with no way of removing parental consent
h) Kamala is black
i) Kamala is a woman
k) Trump is an racist xenophobe and this strikes a chord with people who hold similar views
l) People believe Trump's bollocks about being victimised and think he's some kind of people's champion
m) People think that Trump did a good job last time and will be able to do exactly the same again
n) People think that Trump can magically stop wars overnight with his Big Man energy
o) Some people just really like Trump and believe whatever he says because he's charismatic
p) People struggle to connect with Kamala and can't identify with her core messages
q) Kamala didn't do a good enough job of highlighting Trump's flaws
r) Biden should have resigned earlier and allowed the new candidate longer to campaign
s) The Democrats prioritised Kamala's feelings rather than thinking what type of candidate they needed to beat Trump
t) More of the public could identify with Trump's messages and felt he is one of them (despite his millions in the bank)
Either one or a combination of some of the above will probably apply to most Trump voters.
I am extremely gender critical and I'm not happy at all about the Democrats approach to gender ideology. I think it's regressive and harmful. However, I still think that the Democrats would have been less of a threat to women and women's health than Trump.
I sympathise with those who felt they had no one to vote for. Many of us felt the same in the UK with the recent general election.
The fact is, there is a hardcore of Trump supporters who are deeply unpleasant people, and spout really unpleasant views. And because he is similarly unpleasant, it's extremely easy to assume they're all like that. It's also really hard to understand how anyone could ignore the fact that he's corrupt to the core, and a very dangerous man. So it's often just easier to dismiss his supporters as crazy bigots rather than consider the wider picture which is often more complex.