The Realignment

Ep 84 Season Finale: Richard Hanania on the Working-Class Realignment Myth

Episode Summary

Subscribe to The Realignment podcast’s new newsletter via https://therealignment.substack.com/ Richard Hanania, President of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology, joins The Realignment’s 2020 season finale to argue that culture wars, not economics, drive political realignments, thwarting populist efforts to reform the Democratic and Republican Parties.

Episode Notes

Richard’s National Review Article: https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/12/the-working-class-party-myth-and-what-really-motivates-voters/

Richard’s National Populist Illusion Report: https://cspicenter.org/the-national-populist-illusion-why-culture-not-economics-drives-american-politics/#comments