Slouching Toward a Not-So-Brave New World

Slouching Toward a Not-So-Brave New World

The United States is not Britain. And Brexit was an up or down vote on a proposition, and not a national election of a President, the full House of Representatives and an important number of Senators and Governors. America's electoral system is more complex and is usually determined by the votes in the Electoral College, and Trump even at this late stage in the race does not have a campaign in the traditional sense and has yet to start collecting a war chest, not to mention that he is running against a strong opponent in Hillary Clinton. America has immunities against the maladies that made Brexit succeed, such as a rich and valued history of immigration that has helped build a pluralistic society.

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