Eight years later, both parties had drifted away from inequality, though Americans routinely complained to pollsters about the cost of living, and disaffected voters were so desperate for a solution that they swung pretty wildly from one party to another in search of it. Last November, Democrats were widely seen as a culture war coalition, patronizing voters by insisting that the economy was humming.
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