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The One Trait That Predicts Trump Fever

"‘Absolutely out of control’: Cliff Sims’s book depicts life in Trump’s White House"

Oostburg, Wis., and Chevy Chase, Md., couldn’t be more different. But in the 2016 primary, they both rejected Trump. They have something else in common, too.

By TIMOTHY P. CARNEY

February 16, 2019

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Here’s the common thread between the Oostburgs and the Chevy Chases and among analogues around the country: Both villages have strong institutions of civil society—local governments, churches, country clubs, garden clubs, good public schools and, in Oostburg’s case, Judi’s Place.

Those community institutions constitute the infrastructure that is necessary to support families.

And the institutions in turn are supported by families. Strong families are the precondition for the good life and mobility—the dream, grounded in realistic hope, that no matter your starting point, you can succeed and your children can do even better.

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/02/16/donald-trump-support-2020-oostburg-wisconsin-chevy-chase-maryland-225161

Feelings of pessimism, alienation, anxiety. Lacking a sense of community. Loss of hope. In there we see much of Trump's support. They believe he really cares.