Interested to see what comes of the "2020 Realignment" thesis in POLS. Seems like there's a COVID-led demise and/or BLM backlash arg.
Compared to the 10s, antiracist social movements in the U.S. have cratered in the past 3 years. Cons are winning on "ID politics."
Compared to the 10s, antiracist social movements in the U.S. have cratered in the past 3 years. Cons are winning on "ID politics."
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1.) Since J6, the GOP has been the "movement party" while Dems have been the "institutions party". Dems have been focused on rebuilding institutions after Trump 45-led attitudinal and actual backsliding while Cons build up movement (extra-party) infrastructure.
This isn't just "grievance politics."
Handwringing over electoral margins is what it is, but this kind of L-wing dissonance can be reordering.