MAJOR MAINTENANCE – A few days before the 60e American presidential election, the professor at Notre Dame University (Indiana), author of a noted work on the “failure” of liberalism, analyzes the profound transformation of the Republican Party.
Professor of political philosophy at Notre Dame University (Indiana), Patrick J. Deneen is known for his work on the critique of liberalism and its consequences on contemporary society. He notably published Why liberalism failed (2019), translated into French in 2020 and published by Éditions L'Artisan.
LE FIGARO. – Donald Trump was largely underestimated in the polls in 2016 and 2020. He is now neck and neck with Kamala Harris, according to the polls . What has changed ?
Patrick DENEEN. – Kamala Harris enjoyed initial hype as a symbol of revival for the Democratic Party, with enthusiastic support from mainstream media, celebrities and political elites. However, this enthusiasm did not lastingly affect the polls for three main reasons.
First, Harris had already demonstrated her limitations as a candidate during the 2020 primaries, where her results were so mediocre…
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