As voters cast ballots in Michigan, Missouri, Kansas, Virginia, Washington and Tennessee, candidates have weighed in. Political commentators have weighed in. Strategists, activists and voters have all offered their own theories of the case. Depending on whom you ask, the results were either a rejection of the establishment, a victory for the establishment or proof that the establishment isn’t nearly as powerful as people think.
When someone says Democratic voters are rejecting “the establishment,” who are they talking about? National party leadership? Major donors? Incumbent elected officials? The woman who’s volunteered for Democratic candidates and worked the polls every election for the past eight cycles? Those are not the same people. Yet increasingly they are talked about as though they’re interchangeable.
What’s changed is that the word itself has eclipsed ideology. Almost everyone now claims to be running against “the establishment.” The question is whether we’re all talking about the same thing.
This is a preview of a column by Symone D. Sanders Townsend. Read the full column here.
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Signs that the right-wing pundit and his allies want to launch an antiwar third party are mounting. Read more.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are putting the devices on Haitians in Ohio, who never had to worry about that before. Read more.
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In light of reporting that she’ll be taking a break from public work, it’s hard to ignore Grande’s recent appearance. She looks even thinner than she did when she addressed fans’ concerns three years ago. Read more.
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Family members of sailors and Marines challenged Navy leaders on Thursday night over their concerns about mental health, supply shortages and water contamination aboard the aircraft carrier on a record deployment in the Iran war. Read more.
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Diana Carey of Tacoma, Washington, writes:
Regarding the Aug. 5 letters to the editor, “What Abdul El-Sayed’s primary win really signals,” and related coverage:
Abdul El-Sayed is just one example. It has become increasingly clear that the national political parties are not listening to what the people are trying to tell them. The fact that so many citizens of this country, regardless of age, race, gender, education or other characterization want to be able to afford to eat, pay rent, see a doctor and have to work only one job to do those things seems to elude those who would choose our leaders for us.
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