While votes are still being counted in a few states, it appears that Biden will secure about 52% of the popular vote as against 48% or so for Trump. The economic, sociological, political, and cultural currents that swept Trump to power were gathering long before his rise, and they will persist long after his fall. (In the interests of full disclosure, I should note that my other prediction, that Trump, if elected, would tack to the political centre, was entirely falsified.) Having made the Faustian bargain of embracing Trump, centrist members of the Grand Old Party are going to find it difficult to escape the snare of his embrace. The real question that remains is: After Trump, whither Trumpism?

Source: Mint November 15, 2020 14:37 UTC