
Decades of Growing Inequality Powered MAGA’s Rise
The collapse of the GOP and Democratic establishments, and the rise of Donald Trump, have been driven by popular disillusionment with an economy that has for decades failed millions of people.
Jie Chen is university statistician at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

The collapse of the GOP and Democratic establishments, and the rise of Donald Trump, have been driven by popular disillusionment with an economy that has for decades failed millions of people.

You only need to look at one graph to understand what happened in New Hampshire: the poorer the town, the better Bernie Sanders performed.