@_9CL7T9k8cjnD_ the critical thing you're missing is that the government is ALREADY destabilized and faith in institutions has already cratered.
It's critical to realize that Trump is the effect, not the cause.
If those things were solid there would have been no way for him to gain a toehold.
His entire gimmick is saving people from the instability that they were already yelling about.
@_9CL7T9k8cjnD_ have you considered that analyses like this might be part of the problem, might be part of the misunderstanding of society that lead to so much surprise when Trump was elected?
The methodologies behind such analyses reflect values that might be the very ones that populations have lost faith in.
It's like when the WHO ranks countries for health outcomes, and by health outcomes they mean polices the WHO prefers. It ends up begging the question.
It's more telling to consider things like direct polling on faith in institutions. That helps show a more direct measure without skew.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2023/09/19/public-trust-in-government-1958-2023/
