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Post-Midterms Report Stresses Economic Populism Propelled Democrats to Victory

The report says 41% of swing voters prioritized the economy, jobs and cost of living, while Democrats held trust advantages on healthcare and Social Security.

Summary by Common Dreams
A Data for Progress report details how midterm voters rejected GOP rule amid soaring costs and corruption, and backed Democrats who ran on economic populism—but many remain skeptical that Democrats will deliver with their new congressional majorities.
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Donald Trump came to power in 2016 driven by a message against the elites, against the 'establishment', centered on the middle classes and workers who felt that the system did not count on them. His proclamations went against interventionism abroad and in favor of dedicating the money and efforts to the Americans. A message of economic populism that Trump summed up, with his communicative genius, in two words: 'America first'. A decade of agitat…

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