What If the Political Pendulum Doesn't Swing Back?

What If the Political Pendulum Doesn't Swing Back?

The pendulum will swing back. It is a phrase invoked repeatedly, with variation, since Donald Trump's reelection last November.

What If the Political Pendulum Doesn’t Swing Back?

The pendulum will swing back. It is a phrase invoked repeatedly, with variation, since Donald Trump’s reelection last November. Cable news anchor Chris Cuomo, Senator Angus King, and pollster Nate Silver have all invoked it to some degree. Presidential biographer Jon Meacham recently predicted that the pendulum would swing from a Donald Trump presidency to “the presidency of AOC.” The phrase conjures history, the past as prologue. The “pendulum”…

Farmers’ vote a pendulum waiting for party nudge

Tractors driven by disgruntled farmers have repeatedly descended on Athens in recent years, stopping outside Parliament on Syntagma Square, while road blockades – a common occurrence during the lull in the agricultural season – have been a headache for successive governments and the authorities.