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user-inactivated  ·  3201 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Can some explain to me why would anyone vote for Trump?

In other words, wishful thinking. People in Russia like Vladimir Zhirinovsky for the same reason, even though most of the population (that I've spoken to about it) pegs him a clown. Just listen to this (not his most passionate speech, but oh dear, is it biased; LDPR is the Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia) - or read this from BrainyQuotes. People seem to think that Zhirik is only on the political stage to create an illusion of democracy, of that change is possible; personally, I don't see how he'd be running the country: he seems to have no idea how to do so!