Open AccessDONALD TRUMP: MORBID SYMPTOM OF THE INTERREGNUM TRUMP AS TROPE
Author(s) -
Lauren Langman
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
monitoring obŝestvennogo mneniâ: èkonomičeskie i socialʹnye peremeny
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.359
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2219-5467
pISSN - 1815-8617
DOI - 10.14515/monitoring.2018.5.12
Subject(s) - victory , interregnum , authoritarianism , appeal , politics , white (mutation) , immigration , political economy , trope (literature) , race (biology) , political science , sociology , law , religious studies , gender studies , democracy , philosophy , literature , art , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
The election of Donald Trump raises a number of questions about how and why he was supported by the voters to gain electoral college victory. His election was not due to economic hardships but rather due to his unique ability to mobilize three primary constituents of the republican party: its billionaire elites, evangelical Christians and racist white nationalists. His appeal rested upon the authoritarianism of these constituencies, as well as fears of the loss of privileged Identities based on race, religion and/ or gender, disdain toward immigrants, fearing the “decline” of the nation and ressentiment toward corrupt elites.
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