[quote=@The Nexerus]
I adore Trump. 

Politics is just about the only serious interest that I have, and it is probably the most skewed subject out there in so far as how important it is compared to how much people care about it and [i]especially[/i] inform themselves about it. Donald Trump makes people interested in politics, and for that, irrespective of his political views or mine, he has my thanks.
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The people who are into Trump seem to be people who have been interested in politics for a long time. He seems to be feeding off of the number of dissatisfied Republicans, particularly of the reactionary type. His bread and butter has been, as far as I can tell, baby boomer right-wingers who distanced themselves from Neoconservatives after Bush, and are looking for some charismatic neo-Reagan to restore the concept of conservatism and steal it away from all relatively moderate, uninspiring candidates that keep getting thrown to them. Trump isn't much of a conservative, and definitely not a neo-Reagan, but he can talk a good game and that counts for something when compared to the Romney's and Cruz's of this world. 

Or are you talking about the knee-jerk reaction that is really common now among everyone else? How he has caused a lot of otherwise politically lethargic people to cringe in horror and pay attention? I doubt that will translate to any long-term political awareness. It's just the spectacle for the year.