There is a raging divide in our politics, and where you stand can be determined by just one question. This question doesn’t explain everything in our politics, but it explains a lot of the volatility at the edges. It explains why some formerly stalwart conservatives have essentially thrown in with Democrats. And it explains why some well-established left-wingers have fallen out with their liberal friends. The question is this: Are Republican voters just bad, irrational people?
The classic formulation was given by Hillary Clinton herself, at a fundraiser shortly before the 2016 election:
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