{"id":29312,"date":"2016-12-16T14:50:02","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T19:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2016\/12\/16\/trump-supporters-have-an-appetite-for-risk\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:56:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:56:50","slug":"trump-supporters-have-an-appetite-for-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2016\/12\/16\/trump-supporters-have-an-appetite-for-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Supporters Have an Appetite for Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Special to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chathamhouse.org\/expert\/comment\/trump-supporters-have-appetite-risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chatham House<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The presidential candidacy of Donald Trump catalysed long-simmering frustrations among large segments of the American public. This dissatisfaction contributed to his election as the next US chief executive.\u00a0 Better understanding this public discontent\u2014where it corresponds with candidate Trump\u2019s stated policy positions and where it contradicts them&#8211;provides insights into future popular support for potential Trump administration policies, especially those that relate to the rest of the world.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s campaign slogan \u2018Make America Great Again\u2019 touched a raw nerve for many Americans. Roughly eight-in-ten Trump supporters believe that life for people like them is worse today than it was 50 years ago, according to a Pew Research Center <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2016\/08\/18\/clinton-trump-supporters-have-starkly-different-views-of-a-changing-nation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">survey<\/a>. And for those older, white males, the American demographic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/business\/archive\/2016\/06\/the-missing-men\/488858\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hurt most<\/a> by the loss of manufacturing jobs and wage stagnation, many of whom apparently <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/joelkotkin\/2016\/11\/09\/donald-trumps-presidenti-victory-demographics\/#703a027779a8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">voted for Trump<\/a>, their life may well be worse than it was in the past.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Read more at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chathamhouse.org\/expert\/comment\/trump-supporters-have-appetite-risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chatham House<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Better understanding public discontent\u2014where it corresponds with candidate Trump\u2019s stated policy positions and where it contradicts them&#8211;provides insights 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