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Final Proof That Trump’s Appeal Was Never About the Economy

  • Feb 11, 2024
Jonathan Chait
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Donald Trump’s 2016 victory was widely explained as a working class revolt against despair, deindustrialization, or neoliberalism. But broadly-shared prosperity under Biden hasn’tt... Show More

Donald Trump’s 2016 victory was widely explained as a working class revolt against despair, deindustrialization, or neoliberalism. But broadly-shared prosperity under Biden hasn’tt reduced Trump’s support at all, showing his appeal was always social.

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Jason Scott Montoya @JasonSMontoya · Mar 9, 2024
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“Analysts who closely studied the Trump vote cast doubt on this premise. Social issues, not economics, formed the main motivation for voters switching from Barack Obama in 2012 to Donald Trump in 2016.”
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