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How Trump Happened - A System Shock Decades in the Making (Hardcover)
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How Trump Happened - A System Shock Decades in the Making (Hardcover)
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The stunning 2016 election and presidency of Donald Trump was
decades in the making. Three trends since the 1960s created the
conditions for his triumph. First, a growing popular discontent
with government, long evident in public opinion, created a
widespread distrust of established leaders and institutions.
Second, America underwent the rise of "professional government."
Governing professionals are an elite built on merit through
occupational accomplishment. They now dominate interest groups, the
bureaucracy, courts, presidency, and Congress. Many government
professionals perceive little need to mobilize the public in the
way parties did in previous eras. This has furthered the sense of
disconnect among the public and created a self-reinforcing chain.
Third, political parties and governing institutions are now
polarized into rival teams of ideological, partisan elites. The
intense battles between these divergent teams often result in
government gridlock. These conditions produce ripe opportunities
for "outsider" candidates to mount popular movements against
politics as usual. How did Donald Trump leverage his outsider
status into a 2016 electoral victory? Four factors propelled him
into the White House. First, Trump's long career as a public
celebrity gave him an identity and "brand" widely known to the
public and which generated massive free media coverage as a
candidate. Second, Trump and his campaign ably used social media to
further amplify his message. Third, decades of polarized political
elites, governmental professionalism and mounting popular
discontent made an "outsider" message attractive to millions of
voters in 2016. Fourth, Trump was blessed with a political
opponent, Hillary Clinton, who represented the polarized and
professional governing class that Trump rightly saw as an inviting
target for his outsider message and demeanor. That is how Trump
happened.
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