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“Frequent oscillations in party power are pretty much a mainstay of contemporary U.S. politics,” says John Sides, a political scientist at Vanderbilt University. Political scientists have a ...

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First, history shows that groups permanently shut out of political power are the most likely to rise against the government. Trump has told people they won’t have to vote again if he wins.

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Trumpism will remain the most powerful force in politics for years after Trump’s new 4-year term expires. In many ways, Donald Trump had already won before the first vote was cast on Tuesday.