The other day, I asked for opinions about Trump’s victory:
https://www.facebook.com/Kumamotoi/photos/a.129499733790134.25925.123734781033296/1193724320700998/
I said that I hoped RKK would use some of the reactions as an indication of what the foreign community in Kumamoto thought about the election results. Alas, RKK didn’t use the Facebook comments. They did, however, broadcast an interview with me. I talked about the simplicity (simplisticness?) of the language Mr. Trump used. See the following article to get the gist of the phenomenon I was trying to describe:
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a39031/trump-fourth-grade-level/
It might be interesting to readers of this page to know that an informal survey of people in downtown Kumamoto resulted in a clear victory for Clinton (see board with blue and red dots). Unfortunately for Mrs. Clinton, popular opinion in Kumamoto didn’t seem to have much influence on the election. :)
– Kirk