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by masondixon 3434 days ago
Trump supporter here.

Get less of us to vote for him in 4 years.

Pick objective ideologically-neutral metrics that we can all agree are good for the country when optimised. Focus on these.

Things like GDP growth, unemployment, child mortality, life expectancy, crime rates, terrorist attacks, etc.

If unemployment is going up, GDP growth is faltering, and there are continued terrorist attacks, then he will certainly lose support.

You need to test your beliefs with objective facts. And these tests need to be applied equally to avoid bias.

Everyone is susceptible to bias. You should have some objective measures for which you would admit Trump was good for the country. If you don't have these, then you are not be rationale.

The President has a job with performance targets, and if they are not met they are gone.

2 comments

Just out of curiosity and without judgement: are you still supporting what he does?
Yep.

Looking back after four years: what numbers do you expect to point to showing that he was as bad as everyone made out he was?

What objective measures did you use to vote for him in the first place?
Why does that matter?

Now that he is elected, there is an easy way to evaluate whether he is as bad as everyone says he is.

Looking back after four years: what numbers do you expect to point to showing that he was as bad as everyone made out he was?