American voters are angry

Una delle spiegazioni del successo di Trump è la rabbia degli elettori. Secondo un articolo pubblicato su Upshot del NYT la rabbia non è però legata alla situazione economica, ma bensì al crescente divario tra gli elettori dei due partiti che non si sopportano a vicenda (e in misura crescente).

Americans are angry but data on the nation’s economic recovery, people’s reactions to current economic conditions and their overall sense of satisfaction with life do not suggest they are. The answer may have more to do with political parties than economics, or at least with the interaction of the two. Today’s voters have sorted themselves and polarized into partisan groups that look very different than they did in the late 1980s. And members of each side like the other side less than before. Americans aren’t annoyed only by the economy; they’re annoyed with one another.

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