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Why half of America will vote for Donald Trump
Let us count the ways
|SWANNANOA, NORTH CAROLINA, AND WASHINGTON, DC
DONALD TRUMP has dominated the American right for nine years and yet, even after a decade of study, many observers still cannot fathom why. But voters are certainly not tired of Mr Trump. Even after the scandal and mayhem of his first term, culminating in his attempt to cling to power after losing the election in 2020, around half of the electorate, or some 75m Americans, will vote for him this time.
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