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Most Republicans aren’t aware of Trump’s various legal issues
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Think of it this way. Plenty of people love Captain America or Superman. They might watch a movie once a year, and never buy the comics, but they have a sincere love of the character and feel excitement when they see a cartoon or meme of their hero.
That's what it's like for many Trump supporters. Just knowing he's out there scaring the Libs is enough for them.
Yes, I know these people personally. They don't watch the news, and they don't even know what Trump sounds like. They still believe the lies they bought into decades ago about the Republicans cutting taxes for them and fighting off the trans movement that they think is just brainwashed kids. All they know of Trump is they liked The Apprentice when it was on TV, which rarely featured him in order to make him seem like an important and dominant figure. That's good enough for them. They have 0 interest in actual events or facts.
I remember my third grade teacher saying that it was every American citizen's duty to be well informed. Plenty of quotes from the Founding Fathers about the importance of newspapers and public engagement. I guess they missed that day of school.
Reading newspapers is not a great yardstick for information.
Yes it is. I guarantee you that someone who regularly reads a reputable major daily is going to be better-informed than 90 percent of the public. Your attitude is part of the problem too. The vast majority of Americans are functionally illiterate when it comes to news media and don't have any idea of how to evaluate credibility and accuracy.
I mostly blame the Internet for trashing the signal-to-noise ratio, but I also blame our education system and the profession of journalism itself for not giving people better epistemic toolkits.
"reputable major daily" is a much smaller subset than "newspaper". Also they have to read more than just the sports page and gossip column.
I'd also bet most educated votes haven't touched newsprint for years.
Agreed. I would argue that this extends into the population that reads media.