| | USA TODAY NETWORK interviewed scores of Donald Trump supporters, some in every state, for a more nuanced understanding of who they are and why they support such an unconventional and often contradictory candidate. Generalizing about Trump Nation, which accounts for at least 40% of the electorate, is perilous. But themes did emerge. In interviews, Trump supporters expressed: - A feeling of being stifled - unable to speak frankly about issues like welfare, race or immigration - and thus an admiration for Trump, who does - A nostalgia for America as it was, and a yearning for its restoration - An aversion to the usual political cant and hypocrisy that makes Trump's apparent candor seem a tonic - A disdain for Hillary Clinton that makes Trump, however divisive, insulting or crude, the lesser evil
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