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After Trump and Brexit: The Coming of the Progressive Wave

August 17, 2020
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In 2016, it seemed to some like the world turned upside down.

Donald Trump was elected by a  to the White House. The  pushing the United Kingdom to leave the European Union passed. A year later, Marine LePen, a far-right xenophobic candidate, made a surprising showing in the .

Many of the explanations for this seemingly strange historic turn are based on short-term events. The pundits focus on simple observations,  and the latest outrage on social media that might ephemerally change a voter’s mind. This kind of punditry essentially turns politics into a horse race.

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