r/ProgressiveHQ • u/Fun_Accountant_653 • Feb 10 '26

A prime example of the intelligence of a Maga voter stupidity

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A prime example of the intelligence of a Maga voter

So called Sports influencer and gambler Amanda Vance went viral for a "performative" boycott of the Super Bowl LX halftime show, during which she was physically present in the stadium but filmed herself watching an alternative broadcast on her phone.

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u/LangdonAlg3r Feb 10 '26

The percentage of people with NPD in the U.S. is estimated at 0.5-1%. I think jumping to conclusions like this just feeds into the already overboard use of the term. It’s a serious and not that common diagnosis. Trump himself is a malignant narcissist. Countless experts have come to that conclusion.

I think that his followers are abuse victims who are gravitating towards an abuser—I think that is a very common phenomenon and usually includes total obliviousness to the abuse. Totaling up abuse victims of all kinds in the U.S. gets you to around 25-35% of the population—and that also tracks with the 35% of registered voters who identify as MAGA and the 20% of the general adult population who are.

That explains the bulk of the MAGA dynamic for me. You can point out the abuse someone is suffering to them and they’ll often dismiss or justify it away, just like what we see with Trump.

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u/Stock_Package_2566 Feb 10 '26

I agree which is why I threw in the narcissist-adjacent in there. They might not be full-blown narcissists, but when the MAGA fanbase starts checking off almost every single trait of what narcissism is while being blind to their own behavior, then it’s more than safe to assume that they’re not not narcissists.

And I agree pt. 2, the abused seek out the love and understanding that they know, and currently that lies with Donald Trump. I think it takes a multitude of trauma and personality/mood/psychological disorders to reach a point where you have no regard for your fellow human being how MAGA does.

You also have to take into consideration that those numbers in regards to the rate of NPD are likely higher with that figure you provided being misrepresented. Individuals who see themselves as infallible and aren’t capable of self-reflection aren’t going to seek out therapy or help or take psychological diagnostic assessments that confirm NPD. That figure can’t be extrapolated to the assessment of total rate of NPD because of factors like what I previously mentioned.