Trump is actually an interesting figure. He's the most left leaning Republican candidate. He supports a single-payer health care system and is pro/neutral on abortion. He's spoken out (in a very shallow manner, mind you) against police brutality. He's spoken out about corporate America's undue influence on the political process. He's protectionist and focused on bringing jobs back to America. And this is the Republican front-runner. That's pretty incredible. His problem is his signalling. It's all being taken to the extreme, and he's allowing it to happen because he's playing the short game. The personal vendetta he has with Megyn Kelly led him to being lambasted as misogynistic when he's the only Republican candidate to extoll the importance of funding women's health care. His crass comments about the nature of illegal immigrants have led him to being (legitimately) characterized as racist when the core of his stance on the issue is imo at least defensible. He has no worse history on black issues than Hillary Clinton or Martin O'Malley. I think if he plays his cards right (which he's not doing right now) he could actually capture a lot of moderate, youth and black votes. He's easily the most authentic person in this race, and it's evidently incredibly refreshing to many people.