The Myth of Trump's Economically 'Populist' Coalition
Donald Trump’s 2016 insurgent campaign caused much excitement among some right-leaning intellectuals, who hoped that it might encourage the Republican party to shed its traditional economic policy commitments in favor of a new populist ideology serving a working-class base. Yet, while Trump has focused more on regional interests particular to Rust Belt swing states than previous GOP candidates, in terms of gender, race, and social class, the coalition of voters who turned out to vote for Donald Trump in 2020 was remarkably similar to those who did so for Mitt Romney in 2012.
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