How The Political Realignment Is Shaping This Election And Changing The Future Of Populism

“What we’re sort of seeing right now is a realignment of the suburbs and moderate centrist voters, who will tend to be of higher education and sort of be more upper-middle-class, go much closer to the Democratic Party,” Kosloff said.
While Kosloff agreed that the Democratic party is also realigning, Trump’s populist rhetoric has impacted the right’s shifting political platform.

“Populism is rhetoric. It’s a style of politics,” Kosloff explained, noting that Trump has spoken out against the establishment, media, and corporate America.

“Trump has been consistently populist throughout his presidency,” Kosloff said. “If you actually look at the policy priorities that he’s pursued in many areas, though, with the exception of the trade war and with the exception of certain immigration policies, he has governed as a center-right Republican.”