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#167 – Saagar Enjeti: Politics, History, and Power

Lex Fridman Podcast

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Are Betray Teams?

I was totally wrong about why Trump was elected in 2016. I believed and based a lot of my public commentary, I believed on this. But here's the truth. Trump actually governed largely as a neoliberal Republican who was meaner online than Hillary Clinton. The culture war is so hot that negative partisanship is at such high levels. All of the vote is geared upon what the other guy might do in office. A poll actually just came out by echelon insights. Number one concern amongst democratic voters is Trump voters. And number two is white supremacy which is basically code for Trump voters. Also on the right, number one concern is illegal immigration. And number three or four are Antifa

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