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Between and within the two parties

Political divisions in 2016 and beyond: Lee Drutman on tensions between and within the two parties. The mystery of the 2016 election was its normalcy: In politics, one identity rules them all. Study: Views on immigration, Muslims drove white voters to Trump. Blame Donald Trump’s rise on the avant-garde movement. The big lesson from Virginia’s election: We’re still underestimating Trumpism. Maybe Democrats aren’t such a hot mess after all: We were told the party was still fighting the 2016 primary — but the Virginia governor’s race is teaching us something rather different. That Jon Ossoff’s message seems moderate is a sign of how far Democrats have shifted.

Can Democrats fix the party? Trump’s victory exposed the party establishment as utterly broken — now Dems hope to rebuild in time for a 2018 comeback. Three ideas to check Trump and revive the Democratic Party: How to (actually) make America great again. Bernie Sanders’s army is not the Democratic base: The party’s most reliable voters are older black women — so why do some journalists suggest otherwise?