Politics without policy, or how to attract voters whose interests you disdain
The abiding lack of accountability between overtures and action is what gives right-wing populism its power for demagogues like Trump.

OTTAWA—In one of the more consequential political shifts in recent years, Republicans in the U.S. under Donald Trump have putatively capped a major realignment making theirs the party of the working class.
The extent of that change may be debatable, but there’s no doubt that a fairly large numb...
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