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Republican Party Unravels Over Donald Trump’s Takeover - NYTimes.com

Republican Party Unravels Over Donald Trump’s Takeover - NYTimes.com

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“Trump leveraged a perfect storm... social media (big following), brand (celebrity figure), creativity (pithy tweets), speed/timeliness (dominating news cycles)"... Combining modern-day fame and an age-old demagogy, he bypassed the ossified gatekeepers and appealed directly to voters through a constant Twitter stream that seemed interrupted only by television appearances...
a new twist on direct democracy ... disaffected voters who tune out the traditional modes of political communication might be reachable through their smartphones...

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