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Noah Smith @Noahpinion
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Great question.

Here was my own attempt at an answer, from July 2016: noahpinionblog.blogspot.com/2016/07/trump-…
Basically, Reaganite conservatism had three pillars:

Pillar 1: Laissez-faire economics (failed with the financial crisis and Bush tax cuts)

Pillar 2: Muscular internationalism (failed with Iraq)

Pillar 3: Evangelical traditionalism (failed with the gay marriage defeat)
When all three pillars of Reaganite conservatism failed in quick succession in the 2000s, the grassroots barbarians of Trumpian racism and xenophobia - who had usually occupied a back seat in the party - rushed in to occupy the void.
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