What Americans Really Think About Democracy in 2020

 

Here's the interview with someone at a Trump rally that I'm waiting to see:

"You think Trump actually won this election?"

"Absolutely. A ton of fake votes were cast all over the country."

"You know he's losing all his law suits?"

"That's not surprising. Democrat judges are believing whatever they see on left-wing media instead of looking at the clear facts before them, the ballots found in drainage ditches, the dead people voting, all that stuff."

"OK, but suppose Trump really did lose the Electoral College as well as the popular vote?"

"He didn't."

"I get it. But just suppose for a second that he lost anyway, that there's more stupid dems in the country than anybody realized, or whatever. Just pretend that's true for a second."

"OK."

"Would you support Trump staying as President anyhow?"

"I would. I'd think he should stay on as our president."

"Why is that?"

"Because I believe this country is too important for the people to let it be taken over by left wing extremists."

That is the money interview, because it shows where democracy stands among people's priorities. What percentage of the 70 million Trump supporters would exalt their hero (sent from God maybe) far above the paltry value they place on legitimate self-government?

To be fair, a substantial number of Hillary Clinton supporters might have said similar things in 2016. My book can be largely seen as a detailed attempt to reset these priorities.