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TwilightZone

(25,517 posts)
8. Depends on how you define "followers" and "harm"
Mon Nov 13, 2023, 02:48 PM
Nov 2023

If you mean anyone who would vote for him in 2024 and serious harm, the percentage is very, very low. The truly violent wreck havoc and get a lot of press, but in the big picture (tens of millions of people) there just aren't that many of them.

If you mean only his true believers and anything from getting in a fist fight at a bar or assaulting their neighbors over politics on up, the percentage is probably a lot higher, though nowhere near the top end of this poll. It's probably in the low single digits, at most. Probably not even that.

Contrary to popular opinion, I don't think there's a mass horde of Trump supporters waiting for their chance to roam the country, leaving a trail of destruction. I think most of them are just ignorant loudmouths. Of course, that makes the real threats a little harder to identify.

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