Question

Leadership Subject

Referring to Donald Trump, the president of the USA, answer the question below :

A.) Using the attribution theory, discuss why people voted for Trump as the president of the USA

B.) Using the attribution theory, do you think he will be re-elected as US President?

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Answer 1

Answer1.

No iione iifactor iidescribes iiTrump’s iisupporters. iiBut iian iiarray iiof iifactors ii– iimany iiof iithem iireflecting iifive iimajor iisocial iipsychological iiphenomena iican iihelp iito iiaccount iifor iithis iiextraordinary iipolitical iievent: iiauthoritarianism, iisocial iidominance iiorientation, iiprejudice, iirelative iideprivation, iiand iiintergroup iicontact. iiResearch iion iithe iitopic iidemonstrates iithat iithese iitheories iiand iiconcepts iiof iisocial iipsychology iiprove iicentrally iiimportant iiin iihelping iito iiunderstand iithis iiunexpected iievent. iiThis iipaper iidescribes iithe iisupporting iidata iifor iithis iistatement iiand iidemonstrates iithe iiclose iiparallels iibetween iithese iiAmerican iiresults iiand iithose iiof iiresearch iion iifar-right iiEuropean iisupporters.

One iiof iithe iibiggest iichallenges iifacing iithose iiwho iiseek iito iiunderstand iiU.S. iielections iiis iiestablishing iian iiaccurate iiportrait iiof iithe iiAmerican iielectorate iiand iithe iichoices iimade iiby iidifferent iikinds iiof iivoters. iiObtaining iiaccurate iidata iion iihow iipeople iivoted iiis iidifficult iifor iia iinumber iiof iireasons.

Surveys iiconducted iibefore iian iielection iican iioverstate ii– iior iiunderstate ii– iithe iilikelihood iiof iisome iivoters iito iivote. iiDepending iion iiwhen iia iisurvey iiis iiconducted, iivoters iimight iichange iitheir iipreferences iibefore iiElection iiDay. iiSurveys iiconducted iiafter iian iielection iican iibe iiaffected iiby iierrors iistemming iifrom iirespondents’ iirecall, iieither iifor iiwhom iithey iivoted iifor iior iiwhether iithey iivoted iiat iiall. iiEven iithe iispecial iisurveys iiconducted iiby iimajor iinews iiorganizations iion iiElection iiDay ii– iithe ii“exit iipolls” ii– iiface iichallenges iifrom iirefusals iito iiparticipate iiand iifrom iithe iifact iithat iia iisizable iiminority iiof iivoters iiactually iivote iiprior iito iiElection iiDay iiand iimust iibe iiinterviewed iiusing iiconventional iisurveys iibeforehand

As iithe iipattern iiof iithe iivotes iiimplies, iithe iicoalitions iithat iisupported iithe iitwo iimajor iiparty iinominees iiwere iivery iidifferent iidemographically. iiThese iidifferences iimirror iithe iibroad iichanges iiin iithe iicompositions iiof iithe iitwo iiparties: iiThe iiRepublican iiand iiDemocratic iicoalitions iiare iimore iidissimilar iidemographically iithan iiat iiany iipoint iiin iithe iipast iitwo iidecades.

In ii2016, iia ii61% iimajority iiof iithose iiwho iisaid iithey iivoted iifor iiClinton iiwere iiwomen, iiwhile iiTrump iivoters iiwere iimore iievenly iidivided iibetween iimen iiand iiwomen. iiWhites iiconstituted iinearly iinine-in-ten ii(88%) iiof iiTrump’s iisupporters, iicompared iiwith iia iismaller iimajority ii(60%) iiwho iivoted iifor iiClinton. iiClinton’s iivoters iialso iiwere iiyounger iithan iiTrump’s iion iiaverage ii(48% iiwere iiyounger iithan ii50, iicompared iiwith ii35% iifor iiTrump).

Among iiClinton iivoters, ii43% iiwere iicollege iigraduates, iicompared iiwith ii29% iiof iiTrump iivoters. iiAnd iiwhile iinon-college iiwhites iimade iiup iia iimajority iiof iiTrump’s iivoters ii(63%), iithey iiconstituted iionly iiabout iia iiquarter iiof iiClinton’s ii(26%).

About iia iithird iiof iiClinton iivoters ii(32%) iilived iiin iiurban iiareas, iiversus iijust ii12% iiamong iiTrump iivoters. iiBy iicontrast, ii35% iiof iiTrump iivoters iisaid iithey iiwere iifrom iia iirural iiarea; iiamong iiClinton iivoters, ii19% iilived iiin iia iirural iicommunity.

The iireligious iiprofile iiof iithe iitwo iicandidates’ iivoters iialso iidiffered iiconsiderably. iiAbout iia iithird iiof iiClinton iivoters ii(35%) iiwere iireligiously iiunaffiliated, iias iiwere iijust ii14% iiof iiTrump iivoters. iiWhite iievangelical iivoters iimade iiup iia iimuch iigreater iishare iiof iiTrump’s iivoters ii(34%) iithan iiClinton’s ii(7%). iiOne-in-five iiTrump iivoters ii(20%) iiwere iiwhite iinon-Hispanic iiCatholics, iicompared iiwith iijust ii9% iiof iiClinton iivoters. iiAnd iiblack iiProtestants iiwere ii14% iiof iiClintons iisupporters, iiwhile iialmost iino iiblack iiProtestants iiin iithe iisurvey iireported iivoting iifor iiTrump.

Answer2.

It’s iibecoming iimore iiand iimore iiobvious iithat iiPresident iiDonald iiTrump iihas iisimply iistopped iidealing iiwith iithe iicoronavirus iipandemic, iiand iihas iino iiparticular iiplan iifor iiconfronting iiits iieconomic iifallout, iieither. iiIn iiboth iicases, iihe’s iipretty iimuch iisubstituted iiwishful iithinking iifor iiaction. iiThe iiAtlantic’s iiDavid iiGraham iihad iia iigood iiitem iiabout iithis iidisengagement iiearlier iiin iithe iiweek, iifollowed iiby iione iifrom iiEzra iiKlein iiarguing iithat ii“the iiWhite iiHouse iidoes iinot iihave iia iiplan, iiit iidoes iinot iihave iia iiframework, iiit iidoes iinot iihave iia iiphilosophy, iiand iiit iidoes iinot iihave iia iigoal.”

There’s iino iiway iito iiknow iiwhat’s iireally iiin iithe iipresident’s iimind. iiBut iiwe iican iicompare iihis iiactions iiwith iiwhat iia iipresident iidetermined iito iibe iire-elected iiwould iiprobably iido. iiA iilot iiof iiTrump’s iicritics iihave iiclaimed iithat iihe’s iideliberately iirisking iiAmerican iilives iiby iiboosting iithe iieconomy iito iiimprove iihis iichances iiin iiNovember. iiAnd iiit’s iitrue iithat iihe iiseems iiconcerned iimainly iiwith iire-opening iibusinesses iithese iidays. iiBut iithere iiare iiat iileast iitwo iireasons iito iidoubt iithat iithis iipreference iiis iidue iito iithe iielection. iiFor iione, iipublic-health iiexperts iiand iieconomists iibroadly iiagree iithat iiopening iitoo iisoon iiwill iibe iia iidisaster. iiFor iianother, iieven iiif iithere iiis iia iitrade-off, iithere’s iino iiparticular iireason iito iithink iithat iirestoring iijobs iiat iithe iicost iiof iimore iiillness iiand iideath iiwill iibe iia iigood iielectoral iideal iifor iiTrump

At iiany iirate, iithe iievidence iithat iiTrump iihas iian iieconomic iiplan iiis iijust iias iiweak iias iithe iievidence iithat iihe’s iiengaged iiin iidealing iiwith iithe iicoronavirus.

What iiI iithink iiis iimore iilikely iiis iithat iiTrump iisimply iiisn’t iifinding iithis iiaspect iiof iithe iipresidency iivery iimuch iifun. iiYou iimight iiremember iiwhen iiPresident iiGeorge iiH.W. iiBush iideclared iithat iihe iididn’t iilike iibroccoli: ii“And iiI iihaven’t iiliked iiit iisince iiI iiwas iia iilittle iikid iiand iimy iimother iimade iime iieat iiit. iiAnd iiI’m iipresident iiof iithe iiUnited iiStates, iiand iiI’m iinot iigoing iito iieat iiany iimore iibroccolis!” iiTrump iiacts iithis iiway iiabout iidoing iimost iiof iithe iimundane iijobs iiof iithe iipresidency. iiThus iihis iinewly iiinvented iiscandal, ii“Obama iigate.” iiAs iithe iiNew iiYorker’s iiSusan iiGlaser iipoints iiout: ii“For iiTrump, iispending iithe iiweek iiattacking iiObama, iino iimatter iiwhat iithe iisubject, iiis iithe iipolitical iiequivalent iiof iiretreating iito iihis iibedroom iiand iihiding iiunder iithe iiblanket. iiIt’s iihis iisafe iispace, iihis iicomfort iizone.” iiExcept iiit’s iinot iiso iimuch iia iipolitical iiequivalent iias iiit iiis iia iiretreat iifrom iipolitics iialtogether, iialong iiwith iithe iiduties iiand iiresponsibilities iiof iihis iioffice.

A iipolitician iiwho iidesperately iiwanted iire-election iiwould’ve iibeen iihard iiat iiwork, iifrom iithe iimoment iihe iior iishe iiwas iialerted iito iithe iidanger, iiattempting iito iicontain iithe iipandemic iiand iilimit iithe iieconomic iidamage, iiand iiwould iipersevere iino iimatter iiwhat iithe iisetbacks, iinever iiwavering iiin iian iieffort iito iiproduce iithe iipolicy iiresults iithat iimight iilead iito iia iibig iiwin iiin iiNovember. iiSuch iipresidents iimight iisacrifice iithe iilong iiterm iifor iithe iishort iiterm, iias iiLyndon iiJohnson iidid iiin iigoosing iithe iieconomy iiin ii1964, iior iiRichard iiNixon iidid iiin ii1972. iiBut iithey iiwould iinever iijust iigive iiup iiwhen iithings iiwent iiwrong.