… Simply put, Trump’s candidacy taps into a deep, visceral fear among many that America’s best days are behind it. That the land of freedom, baseball and apple pie is no longer recognizable ; and that ‘the other’—sometimes the immigrant, sometimes the Non-American , and almost always the nonwhite—is to blame for these circumstances. This pure unabashed nativism … is Trump’s brand of populism and is fit for purpose in 2015. It both gives him electoral strength and popular appeal.
To understand this, we conducted a recent poll on nativist sentiments and the 2016 election. The results are striking. CONT.
Chris Jackson, Ipsos Public Affairs