Factors driving the Trump phenomenon
The MAGA movement now looks to the future with hope
It was a solid electoral victory for Trump and the Republican Party. Trump won the Electoral College 292 to 224, with Arizona, Nevada, Alaska, and one congressional district in Maine yet to be counted. He is leading the popular vote 51.0% to 47.5%. The Republicans have recaptured control of the Senate with 52 seats, with five Senate races not yet tallied. The Republicans will likely maintain control of the House, leading 200 to 182. Of the presidential battleground states, Trump won Georgia by 2%, North Carolina by 3%, Florida by 13%, Pennsylvania by 2%, Wisconsin by <1%, and Michigan by 2%, and he is leading in Arizona by 5% and in Nevada by 5%.
How do we explain the Trump phenomenon? We ought to understand above all that the people have lost faith and trust in the established institutions of the nation, and that Trump is an anti-establishment figure.
Since 1980, the American political establishment has abandoned the nation…