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How Reagan's notions of a 'good society' resonate with Trump supporters today

  • Written by Diane Winston, Associate Professor and Knight Center Chair in Media & Religion, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
How Reagan's notions of a 'good society' resonate with Trump supporters todayRonald Reagan with his Democratic challenger Walter Mondale soon after a debate in 1984.AP Photo

If a ballooning federal deficit, tax breaks for the wealthy, rising income inequality, structural racism and cowboy diplomacy sound familiar, it’s because they were big issues in the 2020 presidential race.

But they’re not new. They also...

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