If there is one thing the far right and left agree on, it is the need for a “revolution” in America. Bernie Sanders has been calling for one for years; Kevin Roberts explicitly promised one on behalf of Heritage Foundation and warned the left not to get in the way; and Trump’s agenda has always included one, although he doesn’t use that term. Of course, the right and the left have different objectives: Sanders wants wealth redistribution and a much larger welfare state; Roberts and the New Right want the Godly Society; and Trump wants to be an absolute monarch, accountable to no one but himself. Does the American public really want any of these results?
Regardless of what the answers to the pollsters’ questions suggest, they haven’t voted for anything like “revolutionary” change since 2008. 2024 is unlikely to be any different; the new president is going to win by a small margin, and the majority in both the House and the Senate will be microscopic. Does that sound revolutionary to you?