With the 2018 mid-term elections receding in the rearview mirror, there is an argument to be made that this time around demonstrated that the American political system broadly “works.” The pendulum that swung sharply toward nativism and xenophobia has swung back toward inclusion and pluralism. Or, put more neutrally, the underdog party reclaimed some lost ground.The rise of Donald Trump in the Republican Party may have been the product of ongoing partisan sorting, now along urban-rural lines and educational levels, rather than more broadly geographical or economic ones. But overall, Trump’s fearmongering and divisive rhetoric, which got him a surprise …read more
Source: The American Interest
