Trump Brags About Survey Showing Voters Believe He Will Seek ‘Revenge’ in a Second Term
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Donald Trump was apparently so proud that a group of hand-picked voters chose the word “revenge” to predict the theme of his potential second term in the White House that he posted the results to his Truth Social account.
A polling firm commissioned by the U.K.’s Daily Mail asked 1,000 probable U.S. voters to give them one word to describe what a second term would be like if either Donald Trump or Joe Biden were to win the 2024 presidential election. The resulting word clouds “made for bleak reading,” according to the firm’s co-founder.
The top words voters wrote down for Trump included “revenge,” “power,” and “dictatorship,” while Biden’s top words were “nothing,” “economy,” and “democracy.”
The poll results were published in the Daily Mail, where author and conservative commentator Matt Lewis said, “It distills the essence of this campaign pretty accurately.” He continued:
In the case of Donald Trump, the brand that has emerged is one that he has intentionally cultivated, and he has sought to become the candidate of vengeance.
In the case of Biden, I think this is perhaps not great news. But then again it’s not terrible: It could have been old, it could have been demented.
Instead, it’s nothing. It’s a blank slate. And they do say vanilla is the most popular flavor of ice cream.
James Johnson, co-founder of polling firm J.L. Partners, told the Daily Mail, “Biden may not have set the world alight three years ago but he was the candidate of calm, and recovery from the pandemic. Now he is the nothing man.”
“And for Trump, rather than people thinking he has a plan to restore America, most think he is just out for personal revenge.”
Johnson continued that “without a viable alternative from Biden, [voters] may opt for Trump anyway; at least ‘revenge’ means doing something.
“The Biden campaign will be hoping to set out their vision of his second term in the coming months to shift views. But the big question is, is the American public listening?”
Read the Daily Mail article here.
