--- title: Donald Trump: Iowa Supporters on Being the Silent Majority description: "We need somebody to stand up and be the Superman of the United States." canonical: https://time.com/4201794/donald-trump-silent-majority/ author: Francesca Trianni article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-01T17:50:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T14:37:18.735Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Trump Voters Talk About Being the 'Silent Majority' og:description: "We need somebody to stand up and be the Superman of the United States." og:url: https://time.com/4201794/donald-trump-silent-majority/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79f76796dad6d423/69887b82f887dca5f0e94662/img_5576.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Processed with VSCOcam with g3 preset og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Trump Voters Talk About Being the 'Silent Majority' twitter:description: "We need somebody to stand up and be the Superman of the United States." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79f76796dad6d423/69887b82f887dca5f0e94662/img_5576.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Donald Trump Supporters Explain His Appeal  by [Francesca Trianni](https://time.com/author/francesca-trianni/)  ## Francesca Trianni Feb 1, 2016 5:50 PM UTC  Processed with VSCOcam with g3 preset Processed with VSCOcam with g3 presetCopyright 2016\. All rights reserved.  by [Francesca Trianni](https://time.com/author/francesca-trianni/)  ## Francesca Trianni Feb 1, 2016 5:50 PM UTC Hundreds of people lined up for hours in the cold for an opportunity to listen to Donald Trump speak in Des Moines, Iowa, just days before the caucuses. For many, it wasn’t their first time listening to the New York billionaire speak. “We need somebody to stand up and be the Superman of the United States,” said Mike Duff, 42, a registered Republican who plans on caucusing for Trump this Monday. This would be his fourth time attending a Trump rally. In the final Iowa poll released before the caucuses, Trump [surged](http://time.com/4201333/iowa-poll-donald-trump-hillary-clinton/) ahead of Cruz. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4201794/donald-trump-silent-majority/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4201794/donald-trump-silent-majority/"},"headline":"Watch Donald Trump Supporters Explain His Appeal","datePublished":"2016-02-01T17:50:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:37:18.735Z","description":"\"We need somebody to stand up and be the Superman of the United States.\"","url":"https://time.com/4201794/donald-trump-silent-majority/","keywords":["Donald Trump","2016 Election topic","Iowa"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79f76796dad6d423/69887b82f887dca5f0e94662/img_5576.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Francesca Trianni","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/francesca-trianni/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79f76796dad6d423/69887b82f887dca5f0e94662/img_5576.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Processed with VSCOcam with g3 preset","caption":"Processed with VSCOcam with g3 preset","creditText":"Copyright 2016. All rights reserved.","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4201794/donald-trump-silent-majority/","name":"Watch Donald Trump Supporters Explain His Appeal"}}]}] ```