Numerous polls indicate that the United States is a nation with a high percentage of individuals professing belief in God, compared to other developed nations (see www.beliefnet.org for comparative data).
From the start of 2002 to the end of 2015, at most some "38 Americans have been killed in the U.S. by Islamic terrorists, lone wolves, or whacked-out individuals professing allegiance to Islamic fundamentalism," while more than 400,000 Americans died from gun-related crimes in that same period.
Consciously or subconsciously, some of these individuals, while professing enthusiasm, may at times subvert genuine change efforts.
In their 2001 book, "It's About Time," the sociologists James Austin and John Irwin found that inmates in solitary were "converted into extremely violent, relatively fearless individuals who profess and conduct themselves as if they do not care whether they live or die".
Even individuals who profess not to be racist often harbor racist attitudes on an unconscious level, implying that racial prejudice is socially or biologically ingrained.
But we should also recognize that when an individual professes not to focus on gender or race in their work -- in turn, shirking the label "female artist" -- that doesn't mean that issues of gender and race are not at play. .
Individuals who have professed support for radical Islam or militant ideologies are tied to a number of attacks in the West in recent years.
Certainly, some individual leaders of these movements profess admiration for his strongman approach to governance, but I see little evidence there is some kind of popular groundswell in any serious country.
Another reason Farage may appeal to Trump: he is a well-to-do individual who professes to be a man of the people.
Abrams, 46, ensconced in palatial splendour in the penthouse suite of a fancy central London hotel, turns out to be a likably fresh-faced individual, and professes himself only slightly baffled as to how well things have gone.
Some individuals move between criteria.
