The Democracy Fund Voter Study Group has a new survey of the electorate that explodes many of the myths that we believe about American politics. How the GOP came to dominate, and be dominated by, rural voters. “In summary, the Republican Southern Strategy seems to have effectively conflated government intervention with assistance to the ‘underserving’, who are consciously or unconsciously associated with urban people of color”. For Trump voters, everything is still awesome — this may be why. Two years ago, they couldn’t look away — now some Trump supporters are tuning out. Trump is offering populism, minus the free candy. Daniel W. Drezner on what political science can tell us about the causes and effects of populism.
