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The ghost of 1932 —and the reckoning threatening to kill the GOP
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AlterNet argues that Donald Trump’s declining approval could become a broader electoral reckoning for the Republican Party, comparing his position to Herbert Hoover’s before the GOP’s 1932 defeat. The article does not establish that such a realignment will occur; it presents polling, economic pressure and Republican vulnerability as signs that it could.
The outlet cites surveys showing widespread disapproval of Trump’s handling of living costs, including an AP poll in which 17 percent of U.S. adults approved of his performance on that issue. It also reports that Trump repeatedly…
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