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Wednesday, 10 February 2016
quote [ Donald J. Trump and Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont harnessed working-class fury on Tuesday to surge to commanding victories in a New Hampshire primary that drew a huge turnout across the state.
The success by two outsider candidates dealt a remarkable rebuke to the political establishment, and all but guaranteed protracted, bruising races for each party’s presidential nomination. ]
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Kama-Kiri said @ 2:21am GMT on 11th February
If you push hard enough on the extremes of the political left-right spectrum it seems you pop out at the opposite end.
Your basic Trump supporter and your basic Sanders supporter seem motivated by the same fundamental sense of injustice / feeling of dissatisfaction, differing primarily on who they feel should shoulder the blame: Mexicans or Wall Street.
Sanders makes political capital from the delusion of the educated middle class, while Trump makes bank off the anger of the NASCAR/WWE-watching demographic.
Kama-Kiri said @ 2:22am GMT on 11th February
If you push hard enough on the extremes of the political left-right spectrum it seems you pop out at the opposite end.
Your basic Trump supporter and your basic Sanders supporter seem motivated by the same fundamental sense of injustice / feeling of dissatisfaction, differing primarily on who they feel should shoulder the blame: Mexicans or Wall Street.
Sanders makes political capital from the delusion of the educated, increasingly impoverished middle class, while Trump makes bank off the anger of the NASCAR/WWE-watching demographic.
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Kama-Kiri said @ 2:21am GMT on 11th February
If you push hard enough on the extremes of the political left-right spectrum it seems you pop out at the opposite end.
Your basic Trump supporter and your basic Sanders supporter seem motivated by the same fundamental sense of injustice / feeling of dissatisfaction, differing primarily on who they feel should shoulder the blame: Mexicans or Wall Street.
Sanders makes political capital from the delusion of the educated, increasingly impoverished middle class, while Trump makes bank off the anger of the NASCAR/WWE-watching demographic.
With any luck this could be the herald to the end of the two-party system if they can both secure the nomination. At the very least the late-night talk show circuit will be very interesting for quite some time.