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Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)
3. Maybe you could couch it as constructive criticism, which is allowed.
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 12:04 PM
Aug 2016

The surprising vote totals of Trump and Sanders, plus poll results in which so many people say that the country is on the wrong track, have led many commentators to characterize this as a "change" election. This provides an explanation of how a buffoon like Trump is consistently polling within single digits of Clinton -- that he's identified with change and she's seen as a candidate of the status quo.

On this view, Clinton would be more likely to win if she pivoted (pardon the cliche) away from the neoliberals and instead acted as more of a populist.

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