Why Trump won: Democrats have a coalition, Republicans have an ecosystem

Americans preferred the vice president’s policies, but her campaign messaging was overwhelmed by a titanic far-right ecosystem that the center-to-left refused to counteract

Nov 07, 2024

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Former President of the United States Donald Trump speaking with attendees at The People's Convention at Huntington Place in Detroit, Michigan. June 15, 2024. Photo: Gage Skidmore/CC by SA 2.0

This essay is the ninth in a series called “How This Happened,” examining larger trends in recent American political history and how they manifest in today’s polit…

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