The central contradiction of Donald Trump's reelection is this: He owes his victory to the fact that millions of voters appear to have seen him as the stability candidate who would usher in a return to pre-COVID normalcy.
To much of the country, the notion of Trump as the return-to-normal candidate is laughable. His first term involved two impeachments, intense national protests, a flailing pandemic response, and a violent attempt to defy the results of the 2020 election.
In 2016, Trump voters wanted change—disruptive, confrontational change—and believed that their man would deliver it... [but] eight years later, voters once again overwhelmingly said they want change, but the kind of change was very different.
What I see and hear is an electorate that seems to be craving stability in the economy, in their finances, at the border, in their schools and in the world.
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