Opinion
The inflation and immigration lessons of Trump
Donald Trump’s question to voters - “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” - has cut across gender and racial divisions.
Michael StutchburyEditor-at-largeAs American politics polarises around tribal culture and identity, its presidential election results have been both tighter and more high-stakes consequential.
The 2024 election suggests that the Biden-Harris Democrat failures on inflation and immigration have emphatically outweighed the political costs of Donald Trump’s blue-collar Republican assault on cultural progressivism, including on abortion rights and democratic institutions.
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