1. FT John Burn-Murdoch: It's a developed-world-wide anti-incumbent tsunami by voters angry about inflation and immigration. Trump just happens to benefit.
2. Bernie Sanders: Democrats have left the working class and now it's left them.
3. Kamala is a weak female candidate tied to a weak president. Male voters like transgressive macho male leaders.
4. Growing inequality has devastated rural and small town America; they are gleefully striking back against the snotty urban elites. See Cracked.com, Katherine Cramer, Arlie Hochschild.
5. Greg Palast: Republicans have managed to suppress enough votes to make a difference.
6. Billionaires and allies like Leonard Leo have outspent and out outmaneuvered Democrats.
7. Voters have been brainwashed by on line lies, Fox News, etc, while complacent mainstream media like WaPo don't represent their concerns.
8. Many Republican voters dislike Trump, but still hope he'll give them a "normal" Republican presidency with cuts in taxes and regulation.
9. Skowronek: political leadership runs in big cycles; time for a new one. I'll check your Harvard Law Review article, but I'm skeptical of grand theories. But thanks for plunging in.
1. FT John Burn-Murdoch: It's a developed-world-wide anti-incumbent tsunami by voters angry about inflation and immigration. Trump just happens to benefit.
2. Bernie Sanders: Democrats have left the working class and now it's left them.
3. Kamala is a weak female candidate tied to a weak president. Male voters like transgressive macho male leaders.
4. Growing inequality has devastated rural and small town America; they are gleefully striking back against the snotty urban elites. See Cracked.com, Katherine Cramer, Arlie Hochschild.
5. Greg Palast: Republicans have managed to suppress enough votes to make a difference.
6. Billionaires and allies like Leonard Leo have outspent and out outmaneuvered Democrats.
7. Voters have been brainwashed by on line lies, Fox News, etc, while complacent mainstream media like WaPo don't represent their concerns.
8. Many Republican voters dislike Trump, but still hope he'll give them a "normal" Republican presidency with cuts in taxes and regulation.
9. Skowronek: political leadership runs in big cycles; time for a new one. I'll check your Harvard Law Review article, but I'm skeptical of grand theories. But thanks for plunging in.
Way to catch th waaves, Bro, and even offering a glimmer of hope and some cogent political insight to the Dems.
Just the way I would hoped it would bet read.