Under most circumstances, the preferences of the vast majority of Americans appear to have essentially no impact on which policies the government does or doesn’t adopt.
One party is out to kill, and the other is waiting for its leaders to die.
inequality exerts a massive influence on social, economic, environmental and political outcomes, regardless of people’s absolute positions.
austerity increases support for the radical right in economically vulnerable regions. Austerity, they found, is the key variable: without it, less-educated people are no more likely to vote for rightwing demagogues than highly educated people are.
the gap between the rich and the poor is rougly the same after taxes are levied, suggesting that taxation has no further significant effect on income distribution.
The one thing that can stop the rise of the far right is the one thing mainstream parties are currently not prepared to deliver: greater equality. The rich should be taxed more, and the revenue used to improve the lives of the poor.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/13/trump-populists-human-nature-economic-growth