# trump voters (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover trump voters. Page: Feed: --- ## [I Asked My Readers: Who Makes You Fight Harder?](https://patricemersault.substack.com/p/i-asked-my-readers-who-makes-you) _2026-08-23 · Open Letters by Mersault_ The left doesn’t need a personal connection to care. But sometimes personal connection makes the stakes impossible to ignore. ## ["Must we be nice to Trump voters?"](https://ericaetelson.substack.com/p/must-we-be-nice-to-trump-voters) _2026-08-17 · Erica Etelson · Erica’s Substack_ Or do we become doppelgangers of that which we purport to hate? ## [I Asked My Readers About the Trump Supporters in Their Lives](https://patricemersault.substack.com/p/i-asked-my-readers-about-the-trump) _2026-08-09 · Open Letters by Mersault_ Hundreds of readers told me what it's like to love, live with, lose, and sometimes change someone who fell into MAGA. Together, they reveal what actually changes a Trump supporter's mind. ## [I Went to a Meeting of Young Leftists: Conclusion](https://patricemersault.substack.com/p/i-went-to-a-meeting-of-young-leftists-42c) _2026-07-30 · Open Letters by Mersault · Open Letters by Mersault_ Should Democrats Be Reformed, Used, or Abandoned? ## [I Went to a Meeting of Young Leftists: PART 2](https://patricemersault.substack.com/p/part-2-i-went-to-a-meeting-of-young) _2026-07-19 · Open Letters by Mersault · Open Letters by Mersault_ The System Is Working Perfectly. That's Why They Want to End It. ## [I Went to a Meeting of Young Leftists](https://patricemersault.substack.com/p/i-went-to-a-meeting-of-young-leftists) _2026-07-10 · Open Letters by Mersault · Open Letters by Mersault_ Part 1: Why I Went, or Can the American Left Hold Together? ## [I Embedded Myself With Hispanic Conservatives](https://patricemersault.substack.com/p/i-embedded-myself-with-hispanic-conservatives) _2026-07-05 · Open Letters by Mersault · Open Letters by Mersault_ I Went Looking for the Latino Vote. I Found Latino Voters. ## [Talking politics with friends, families, and voters](https://ericaetelson.substack.com/p/talking-politics-with-friends-families) _2026-07-02 · Erica Etelson · Erica’s Substack_ Two videos offer best practices for communicating with people with opposing views ## [PART 2: I Crashed a Republican Women's Patriotic Gala](https://patricemersault.substack.com/p/part-2-i-crashed-a-republican-womens) _2026-06-25 · Open Letters by Mersault_ There were trad wives, Christian patriots, margaritas, and one shape-shifting congresswoman. ## [What I've been writing lately](https://ericaetelson.substack.com/p/what-ive-been-writing-lately) _2026-06-23 · Erica Etelson · Erica’s Substack_ I've been quiet on Substack but here's a roundup of other recent articles ## [Follow Releases, Get Reminders (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/6YD0KdpPEu3v) _2026-06-23 · **Sponsored**_ Follow a genre or a name and receive reminders on release day — free. ## [I Crashed a Republican Women's Patriotic Gala](https://patricemersault.substack.com/p/i-crashed-a-republican-womens-patriotic) _2026-06-20 · Open Letters by Mersault · Open Letters by Mersault_ Poolside cocktails, ballroom speeches, and an unexpected glimpse into the hearts and minds of Orange County Republicans. ## [I Came Face-to-Face With My MAGA Neighbors](https://patricemersault.substack.com/p/i-came-face-to-face-with-my-maga) _2026-06-13 · Open Letters by Mersault · Open Letters by Mersault_ What I learned after spending an afternoon with the people I'd spent two years avoiding. ## [I Had Lunch with MAGA Gays](https://patricemersault.substack.com/p/i-had-lunch-with-maga-gays) _2026-06-07 · Open Letters by Mersault · Open Letters by Mersault_ How the Log Cabin Republicans went from reforming the Republican Party to rationalizing it ## [PART 2: I Lost My Temper in a MAGA Church](https://patricemersault.substack.com/p/part-2-i-lost-my-temper-in-a-maga) _2026-05-31 · Open Letters by Mersault · Open Letters by Mersault_ Inside an Evangelical Christian Nationalist Men's Group ## [Reflections on the manosphere](https://ericaetelson.substack.com/p/reflections-on-the-manosphere) _2026-05-11 · Erica Etelson · Erica’s Substack_ Toxic online influencers prey on social corrosion ## [What can grow from common ground?](https://ericaetelson.substack.com/p/what-can-grow-from-common-ground) _2026-02-28 · Erica Etelson · Erica’s Substack_ A lot, as it turns out ## [How to inoculate society against authoritarianism](https://ericaetelson.substack.com/p/how-to-inoculate-society-against) _2026-02-16 · Erica Etelson · Erica’s Substack_ Reducing income inequality and political polarization top the list of preventative measures ## [Why MAGA-shaming doesn't work](https://ericaetelson.substack.com/p/why-maga-shaming-doesnt-work) _2026-02-10 · Erica Etelson · Erica’s Substack_ And may even backfire ## [Why I dwell on random acts of meanness in the face of authoritarian brutality](https://ericaetelson.substack.com/p/why-i-dwell-on-random-acts-of-meanness) _2026-01-21 · Erica Etelson · Erica’s Substack_ A response to readers who think I have lost the plot ## [The unbearable habit of denouncing unbearable whiteness](https://ericaetelson.substack.com/p/the-unbearable-habit-of-denouncing) _2026-01-13 · Erica Etelson · Erica’s Substack_ Is anything gained by kindling resentful backlash? ## [PixelRift — Platforming with Level Editor (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ciCTSjOwrNEC) _2026-01-13 · **Sponsored**_ Includes a built-in level editor, campaign with elemental heroes, and boss encounters. ## [The 7 Deadly Sins of Political Polarization](https://ericaetelson.substack.com/p/the-7-deadly-sins-of-political-polarization) _2025-12-17 · Erica Etelson · Erica’s Substack_ The short term benefit of base turnout is outweighed by the corrosive effects on society and politics