Explaining Trump

      It is often said that FEAR drives elections, so what's the #1 fear in America?  According to Chapman University's Survey of American Fears, October 11, 2016 it is -- Fear of Corrupt Government Officials.  It exceeds the second highest fear by near 2 to 1.  What is the most common exhalation from Trump other than "Make America Great Again"?  It's Corrupt Hillary Clinton. Read this survey at
https://blogs.chapman.edu/wilkinson/2016/10/11/americas-top-fears-2016/  

Here is the entire list

Fear	Fear Domain	% Afraid or Very Afraid
Corrupt government officials	Government	60.6
Terrorist Attack	Manmade Disasters	41
Not having enough money for the future	Economic	39.9
Terrorism	Crime	38.5
Government restrictions on firearms and ammunition	Government	38.5
People I love dying	Illness and Death	38.1
Economic/financial collapse	Economic	37.5
Identity theft	Crime	37.1
People I love becoming seriously ill	Illness and Death	35.9
The Affordable Health Care Act/Obamacare	Government	35.5

Then we have the second mantle for Trumpism - Conspiracies.  Again according to Chapman University 
https://blogs.chapman.edu/wilkinson/2016/10/11/what-arent-they-telling-us/

The government is concealing what they know about	Percent Agree or Strongly Agree
The 9/11 attacks	54.3%
The JFK assassination	49.6%
Alien encounters	42.6%
Global warming	42.1%
Plans for a one world government	32.9%
Obama’s birth certificate	30.2%
The origin of the AIDs virus	30.1%
The death of supreme court justice Antonin Scalia	27.8%
The moon landing	24.2%

Check out Chapman University about other American concerns at
http://www.chapman.edu/wilkinson/research-centers/babbie-center/survey-american-fears.aspx