Breaking Points: Groundbreaking Study Proves Culture Wars Kill Class Politics

Isn’t this an opportunity?

If it is true as Krystal Ball says that the educated elites and financial elites who have maintained the status quo of neoliberalism have consolidated behind Joe Biden and the Democratic establishment, wouldn’t that imply that the Republican Party is undefended and up for grabs?

Donald Trump bulldozed the status quo inside the Republican Party without filling the void. Regardless of how you feel about him, Trump isn’t at the helm anymore. The demise of Liz Cheney is further proof that the Republican establishment is dead as a doornail. Why couldn’t some other outsider step into the void and further transform the Republican Party beyond what we have seen over the past four years?

If a true economic populist ran for president in the Republican primary in 2024 while embracing and building on Trump’s brand of cultural populism, should we assume that such a candidate would really be at a disadvantage in the field? Could we see another surge of disaffected Democrat and Independent voters voting in the Republican primary and switching parties like we saw in 2016?

Note: There is no such thing as Right Populism and Left Populism. Populist voters are cultural conservatives and economic moderates who believe in foreign policy restraint.