The summer of Trump rolls into autumn. Now the GOP frontrunner, that swashbuckling renegade presidential candidate will take the stage Wednesday afternoon at a rally behind the U.S. Capitol to protest the Iran nuclear pact. Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin, and Glenn Beck will be there too, but it’s Trump who people are coming to see. While other candidates like Cruz, Marco Rubio, and Chris Christie have made concerted efforts to campaign as foreign policy hawks, it’s once again Trump who has gotten the most attention for pummeling the status quo.
The cross-section of support for Trump found in most polling indicates that there are different reasons for GOP primary voters to support his candidacy. Hard-core conservatives like his tone and temperament, channeled through stunts like swooping in on the Mexican border to highlight the illegal immigration problem. Present-day Perot voters, less ideological but fed up with Washington dysfunction, are intrigued by Trump’s vow to blow the place up. In both cases, Trump’s biggest asset is his outsider status.
