Nearly three-quarters of Village Media readers who responded to a recent online poll said they would be very unhappy if Donald Trump became the next president of the United States after November's elections there:
From here on in, for simplicity's sake, we're going to sum the two happy groups and the two unhappy groups:
Women were much more likely to say they would be unhappy than men:
There is a very stark age element here, with older readers more hostile to the idea of another Trump presidency, and younger readers more open to it. (This, interestingly, is quite a different pattern from the one seen in the U.S. itself.)
There is a difference according to educational background, but to be honest not a very dramatic one:
Ontario PC supporters were much more open to the idea than backers of the three opposition parties, though a majority still said they would be unhappy, and a much larger group said they would be indifferent:
Readers more likely to say they would be happy with a second Trump presidency are likelier to support looser gun control, support a compromise peace with Russia over Ukraine, and oppose the 2022 use of the Emergencies Act:
There is also a tight connection with views of Justin Trudeau and Pierre Poilievre:
And readers with tattoos are more open to another Trump presidency:
As are people who say they don't want their next car to be an EV or hybrid:
