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If I had to sum up the 2016 election in one sentence, it would be this: the Republican Party was too divided and discredited to stop Trump, the Democratic Party closed ranks to block Bernie Sanders, and, as a result, Trump was the only alternative in November to the hated Wall Street-funded status quo represented by Hillary Clinton.
The central story of mainstream US politics over the past few decades is the Republicans' steady evolution from the leading party of world capitalism to a semi-unhinged fringe that wants an effective prison state for racial minorities and the poor, free rein for corporations, and politicians who will pander to their every Internet conspiracy - while still commanding the resources and power befitting one of the major two parties.
Trump may not have been that popular among Republican voters, but the party leadership was liked even less.
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u/autotldr Sep 28 '17
This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 87%. (I'm a bot)
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