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A pair of Long Island Trump voters visited Ireland recently. I think they were in their late 60s / early 70s. It looks like the current administration will be downsizing or disbanding the organisation their daughter works at and she'll likely lose her job.

Some other changes made by this administration mean that several of their investments are losing value. So they're very unhappy about him being in power now, although apparently the rape thing and being an overall creep was never an issue.

Anyway, Id' read that people like this exist and never actually saw / heard them before. It's real folks. They don't seem particularly bright but it seems they've done well for themselves in life.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Keep in mind, 21% of all adult Americans are completely illiterate but still eligible to vote. 54% of adult Americans cannot read beyond a 6th grade level. These are people literally incapable of higher thought, but still given the right to vote and affect the lives of others.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I'm guessing a long islander with enough money to travel to Europe wouldn't fall into those categories.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

Correct. These people were educated professionals. Specifically, one was an engineer.