Donald Trump versus the party system

If the content of Mr. Trump’s appeal could be packaged more carefully, it might even deliver the Presidency in 2020. But the content of Mr. Trump’s current appeal is unacceptable to the Republican elite.

Open racist appeals may inflame the base, but they alert the rest of the electorate and enable pushback. They are not a prescription for winning a Presidential election, writes Richard Johnston. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Wikimedia Commons.

Opinion

BY RICHARD JOHNSTON

November 3, 2016

For Republicans, the cruellest month turns out to be not April, but October. Not so long ago, Donald Trump was close to a tie with Hillary Clinton. Now the margin seems so great that at least one oddsmaker has decided to pay out the bets. This is unlikely to prevent the implosion of Mr. Trump’s ca...

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