[jedrider]

‘Trumpy politics’ leave permanent imprint on GOP
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/16/trump-imprint-republican-party-363407

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'C')alling the political landscape unfavorable for “the more traditional, elite part of the party,” Pat McCrory, the former Republican governor of North Carolina, suggested that the GOP has become a more blue-collar-oriented party under Trump, with his trade policies and “America First” messaging. And he suspects that will last.

“I think you’re going to have more populist candidates in the future, and the trick’s going to be getting the populist candidate that also can appeal to the suburban voter, which we can’t lose,” he said. “I wouldn’t be surprised if the Republicans are going to find some future, conservative AOCs.”

The trick’s going to be getting the populist candidate that also can appeal to the suburban voter

[jedrider]

Trump’s presidency has shattered a key myth
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/trumps-presidency-has-shattered-a-key-myth-that-helped-propel-him-to-victory-conservative-columnist/

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'O')n Thursday, writing for The Bulwark, conservative columnist and former Jeb Bush communications director Tim Miller outlined how President Donald Trump has lost a critical image with voters that helped him get elected in 2016 — the perception of him as a shrewd dealmaker.

That image, argued Miller, may have once let voters believe Trump would break the partisan mold and work with both parties to get things done. Instead, he’s been a cut-and-dried Republican ideologue.

[Plantagenet]

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Trump's strategy has been to appeal to populist sentiments, but yet be a 'cut-and-dried' Republican ideologue. I wonder what we can say about Biden?

[jedrider]

I just heard today: "What does Biden and a can of tomatoes have in common? They can both beat Trump in the election."

Biden can get populism on his side if he sides with protesters in the street, like Kennedy did. That cost Democrats the South, but will that cost Democrats the suburbs? I think not.

[Subjectivist]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jedrider', 'I') just heard today: "What does Biden and a can of tomatoes have in common? They can both beat Trump in the election."

Biden can get populism on his side if he sides with protesters in the street, like Kennedy did. That cost Democrats the South, but will that cost Democrats the suburbs? I think not.

[jedrider]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Subjectivist', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jedrider', 'I') just heard today: "What does Biden and a can of tomatoes have in common? They can both beat Trump in the election."

Biden can get populism on his side if he sides with protesters in the street, like Kennedy did. That cost Democrats the South, but will that cost Democrats the suburbs? I think not.

[Ibon]

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Populism always rejects the current status quo and entrenched interests and, sometimes, the deep state.

[jedrider]

Trumpism will be with us for decades after the president is gone
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/trumpism-will-be-with-us-for-decades-after-the-president-is-gone/

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he aesthetic nature of Trumpism — the extent to which his appeal to voters is predicated on his performance of impudence and outsiderdom, and not a precise agenda — is powered by this emotionality. Among a large, overwhelmingly white and disproportionately male population that make up the notorious “Trump base,” the president’s behavior elicited a visceral response that took much of the rest of the country by surprise. It did so by delivering to this constituency something few others had realized it wanted — not policy but narrative, an animation of its grievances and its fantasies played out in the public square.

[Plantagenet]

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Among a large, overwhelmingly white and disproportionately male population that make up the notorious “Trump base,” the president’s behavior elicited a visceral response that took much of the rest of the country by surprise. It did so by delivering to this constituency something few others had realized it wanted — not policy but narrative, an animation of its grievances and its fantasies played out in the public square.

[jedrider]

Plantagenet, we are a 'democracy' afterall. So, whose at fault here? It is clear. Those that are not vigilant, those that refuse to look outside of their comfort zone.

Anyway, one group looking out for their interests against another group or groups is not unusual. However, the systematic injustices are very real. That's where we stand and populism can take many forms, both good and bad.

That's why I started this thread, to explore how populism could be good or, maybe, it could be bad, but that's my question, how populism can unfold in the 21st century?