If you voted for Trump, do you regret it yet?

How anyone who actually used critical thinking skills when evaluating a candidate could have chosen Trump is beyond reason.

I don't like how theres no "i voted for crooked hillary" option

I picked the "no, I'm a foreigner, and seeing Trump as president of the United States is worrisome" option.

No, I voted for the most experienced candidate we have probably ever had. Oh well.

Contrary to popular belief, there isn't much regret from Trump supporters. Around 80% to 90% of Trump supporters still have a high approval of him.

Yeah, I regret it. Hopefully his wall does not get built, it is a stupid waste of money. Hilary Clinton just seemed scarier because the media.

i didn't vote and i don't regret it

I agree, these people are almost as bad.

And where is the "I wanted Sanders, and he was robbed. ALL GLORY TO THE SHOULD-BE PRESIDENT!" option?

I've even read that some are even more resolved by his [in]actions. "Double down, don't back down" indeed!

There are a few polls that say some regret voting, and I am sure some do, but I imagine many don't; why would they, they won. America loves a winner.

Doesn't many of his voters want someone who breaks the law as well?

@horgen: I am not sure, I gave up trying to comprehend their logic, or lack of, a while ago. But yes I think that would make sense, many are very anti-government, pro-small government, "hands off my guns", that kind of thing.

You'll often hear them confusing patriotism with nationalism, and that with defying the government. It's all a little unsettling.

For the most part, yes, you are right; every time some scandal or some issue comes up where someone says Trump has broken the law or skirts the law, his defenders will usually go "Well it's a dumb law" or "we should change the law" or "that law is in the way of progress!" or some nonsense.

Typical sycophantic pro-dictator nonsense.

I guess most of them don't realize why those laws are there in the first place.

If what the psychologists state about the appeal of a strong man candidates holds true, then whether or not they understand the reason for those laws is irrelevant. It is more about the man and the persona he projects than policy.

yeah, I was like "oh damn, can't edit polls" =(

Yes, I voted for Trump.

No, I don't regret it.

I threw my Molotov cocktail at the Washington DC establishment. I see a little bit of fire still. Lots of smoke too. Just wish the conflagration would ignite and consume the entire establishment.

Our federal government is the greatest threat to our personal liberty in existence today. There is no hope of fixing it. The only hope is to bring about its utter failure, and rebuild anew.

Trump is no messiah. He's the wrench in the gears.

I put Other, I voted for Hillary, who was more experienced and would have continued to lead the country forward. It turns out she was the less "crooked" option.

This is a surprising bit of honesty, good on you.

You're trying to get Trump supporters to say they regret voting for him based on his actions, but you are looking at it through the eyes of someone that already hated Trump (pretty obvious from your poll choices) and are watching him trying to put things in place that you were against from the start. However, your average Trump supporter isn't going to regret their vote for several reasons.

One, some of the things he wants to put in place haven't been done not because of him not trying, but because of politicians resisting the bills, or in the case of the travel restrictions, judges blocking the orders for what his supporters feel was based on political opposition and not actual violations of the law, or in the case of the wall (which I disagree with), being forced to drop it temporarily in order to prevent a government shutdown.

Two, while a lot of the stuff that the media reports on him that is negative is true (such as Conway putting her foot in her mouth everytime she is in front of a camera), some media sources also go out of their way to make him look even worse.

Take, for example, the media sources that took his already controversal statement about some illegal aliens from Mexico being rapists and killers, and reworded it so it sounded like he said ALL Mexicans are those things. Or when some reporters implied that Vladimir Putin ordered Syria to do the gas attack in order for Trump to bomb them in retaliation to bring doubt to him being a Russian puppet.

That, along with praising Hillary Clinton as the most qualified person ever to run while ignoring her controversies and leaking debate questions to her makes them think they have an agenda that they need to resist.

Then, when Hollywood, the media, and others spend months telling Trump supporters that they are stupid for not thinking the way they want them to think, and people are claiming that all Trump supporters are racist, bigoted morons, and of course you are going to get the majority of them resisting and saying that they are happy that Trump is in place and making liberals lose their minds.

Also, based on your questions, you are assuming that Trump supporters are all or nothing with everything he wants to pass. Like most people, I have things about him that I agree with, and things about him I disagree with.

I agree with stronger enforcement of immigration law. I disagree with wasting billions building a wall coyotes and drug runners will find a way around.

I agree with the idea of taking care of veterans. While I am not a fan of abortion, I disagree in attempting to stack the Supreme Court with justices that will overturn Roe v Wade because it will just lead to illegal, back alley abortions.

Most of the people here wanted Hillary Clinton to win, despite her history of opposing violent video games, because they thought she was a better choice than President Trump. No politician is going to do everything you agree with, you just have to find the one that you agree with the most.

@collegeboy64: dude...no.

You would not have a united states I'd you had no federal government.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lPLA_VPMsUg

I did not vote for Trump and am still relieved that Hillary is not our president.

Oh im not.

I couldn't support Hillary or Trump and if we were to do this over again i'd still take the same position i did before. Which was that we have an oligarchy, not democracy and that is what needs to be addressed. Voting for either of these people just continues that. But when the election was going on, i really didnt see much of a difference between the two. Obviously in certain areas one would be worse than the other, and i felt a lot of things we heard about Trump was hyperbolic rhetoric. I saw him as another Bush, a blank canvas that had no idea wtf he was doing but would be lead by pro-corporate people behind the scenes. The difference between him and Hillary here is that Hillary is smart enough to do this on her own. She does not need the people behind the curtain. Of course with both of these people, none of our real problems that 80% of the nation faces, will be addressed.

Im going to shorten this up a bit..... So at the end of the day Trump was way worse than i expected. I expected the wall and ban thing to be dropped as they traditionally are with republicans once elected. I never saw him aligning himself with the ultra religious right the way he has. I never saw the actual fascism coming. But again, the only thing i would have changed if i had to do it all over again and knew these things, was i would not have fought against Hillary as much as i did. I still could not vote for her, but to suggest Trump was the better of the two options at this point is kind of stupid.

Feel sorry for those who voted for this crazy ass. What a waste of an election.

They don't understand politics and confused it for American Idol.... basically. Ignorance, not a lack of intelligence, won Trump the presidency. If congressional heads don't roll in 2018, I will retract my statement -- but they will.

Also, this.

Guess you missed the "rebuild anew" part of my post.

Are you on something?

If Trump as president broke any law, he would have been subject to any legal action that can be taken against him. IE impeachment proceedings.

If you are talking about civil lawsuits before he was elected, that is not actually breaking any laws, it´s civil dispute.

From all the Trump voters I've met in real life (not some anonymous poll), they all seem pretty ecstatic for a second term. I think the consensus is two-term Trump is already inevitable because of how good of a job he's doing.

After voter ID laws are put in place, it's not like the dems have a chance to win anymore anyways. I hear Wisconsin just put up voter ID laws and lost 300,000 demo votes. Wouldn't be surprised if California loses millions of votes.

I proudly voted for Crooked Hillary. When do we start the "Lock HIM up" chant? Lol....

Always :D I am a hippie liberal scum of the earth, after all

But no, this is only concerning hypotheticals, i.e. "hey what if Trump did this?" You know we (me and a Trump supporter friend, or a conservative friend, or someone playing Devil's advocate) will talk about something like what if there was a terrorist and Trump wanted to break some law to get information from him, would everyone rally behind him and would that suddenly make it OK.

That's what I'm talking about.

Ahh good, can you share then :)

And ok, and ya most would probably be behind him, conservatives are not known for being tree-huggers and all life as precious-spokespeople.

What's concerning is that Trump ran on a platform of (as you say) anti-government, anti-establishment populism. If this election's indicative of anything, it's of colossal frustration. How can America function when there's so many out there who see it so far beyond repair (as exemplified by a post in this thread) as to wish for its fall, so much so that they vote in someone like Trump only to spite? And how can he and his administration be held accountable when many of his voters elected him from the desire for that destruction? He breaks the law and they're going to stand by him either actively or enabled complacently, because it's why they voted for him in the first place.

I'd like to believe those in our government in power who still do care about this country will step up to their responsibility when (if) Trump crosses that line, but they themselves are proving incapable (or unwilling) in their partisanship to be able to even delineate it, backed by many constituents enveloped in utter apathy and disgust. When so many despise and distrust their government so badly, that's prime pickings for an manipulative authoritarian to come in and sweep up such discontent to leverage for their own gains under the promise of a populist wave of renewal, which is precisely what Trump's done.

Those who voted for him to "burn it down" or "drain the swamp" naively believe he won't become part of the establishment he so proclaims to revile, and a new era of political utopia will miraculously arise from the ashes of his wrecking ball after he's done.....the Constitution reborn anew, the American ideal revived.....which is complete nonsense. The Constitution already exists as does the ideal. Just because America's imperfect doesn't mean it isn't worth bettering, and it's depressing there's so many out there that are willing to vote for its end because they're so fed up.

That's the hardest thing about Trump's election for me: it's the demonstration of the loss of hope for something that may be far from ideal, but is still worth fighting for.

Not a great poll if by far most people voted Other. But still a good topic, I can't believe Trump supporters are hanging onto their clown.

I lean right and I voted for Hillary Clinton. I detest Hillary Clinton - so you can deduce my thoughts on Trump.

Proud to say I supported john kasich in the primary and voted Hilary Clinton in the general election

Not even close. This is a glorious timeline.

Thanks, it does not feel good. It feels like a confession. Trump seems obsessed with the news media and the news media seems obsessed with him. I just hope the under-aged rape is false. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjQ6tP5_PnTAhXGTSYKHazFB9QQFggiMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Famericas%2Fdonald-trump-rape-accusation-underage-girl-claim-what-happened-sexual-assault-allegation-a7354111.html&usg=AFQjCNHr5-SZXo5h3n4wrjUNB42IPJc5QA kinda messes with my conscious.

Didnt vote for him and knew he was an epic dusche bag from the get-go. That said, i didnt like Hillary and wasn't going to vote her either. I dont regret deciding not to vote. This state's electoral votes would go to Hillary anyway.

I'll tell you what though, i'm far more concerned right now with the issues in Korea than anything related to Trump.

Less crocked? When she dies they will screw her into the ground with a pipe wrench.