After their party was decimated in the 2008 elections, mainstream Republican leaders believed they could harness rising far-right populist forces. Instead, they were overrun by them.
Tag: Presidential Election of 2008
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Millennials Are Not an Exception. They’ve Moved to the Right.
Over the last decade, almost every cohort of voters under 50 has shifted rightward.
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Sarah Palin Loses as the Party She Helped Transform Moves Past Her
The former Alaska governor, once the standard-bearer of the G.O.P.’s dog-whistling, no-apologies culture, was no match for the same forces she rode to national prominence.