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THE REDDENING STATES by John Hood RACE AND TRUMPISM by Ian Tuttle 37 18 Republicans are well established below the federal Prejudice is an inadequate explanation of the election. level, too. THE RETURN OF NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY QUO VADIS , GOP? by Victor Davis Hanson 20 by John Fonte & John O’Sullivan 39 The establishment must cope. Voters are rejecting rule by transnational elite. DON’T MAINSTREAM THE ALT-RIGHT 22 TRUMP DEMOCRATS by Henry Olsen 41 by Ben Shapiro Retaining them would have big payoffs for the GOP. It opposes constitutional democracy and is bad 26 THE RED WALL by Jeremy Carl for America. Donald Trump retook the upper Midwest. 42 CONSERVATISM IN DISSENT 27 THE VIEW FROM PENNSYLVANIA by Jon Lerner by Kevin D. Williamson Trump and Toomey reached victory in different but NR and heterodox Republican administrations: compatible ways. a brief history. 30 TRUMPISM AND RYANISM by Ramesh Ponnuru 43 STRENGTH IN A TOUGHER WORLD by Michael Singh Toward a synthesis better than either. An outline for a new conservative foreign policy. 32 PRINCIPLED POPULISM by Mike Lee 45 FRAGMENTATION OF THE SOUL by Russell Moore Now is a good moment to resist the centralization of Religious conservatism can offer America a new power. engagement. 33 TRUMP THE TRIANGULATOR? by Reihan Salam 47 MOVING BEYOND THE GENDER GAP He might try to expand his support with a centrist by Abby M. McCloskey health-insurance proposal. The right needs an agenda for women. 35 A NEW TRADE CONSENSUS by Edward Conard 48 THE KIDS WILL BE FINE by Heather Wilhelm Reduce deficits and don’t forget about the workers. Talking to children about the election. SECTIONS 2 Letters to the Editor 4 The Week 50 The Long View 51 Athwart 52 Happy Warrior NATIONAL REVIEW (ISSN: 0028-0038) is published bi-weekly, except for the first issue in January, by N ATIONAL REVIEW, Inc., at 215 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10016. 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