Before the arrival of Donald Trump, the Republican establishment tended to define politics along a one-dimensional economic axis. Their Democratic opponents were socialists while they were the growth and opportunity party. His campaign’s 59-point plan of sensible free-market ideas was a manifesto for Republican insiders. The Republican one-dimensional man was left in 2012’s dustbin. The Voter Study Group’s Lee Drutman recently looked beyond the...

Source: Wall Street Journal August 09, 2017 23:11 UTC