Princeton, N.J. — In Agatha Christie's “Murder on the Orient Express,” the detective Hercule Poirot proposes an improbable theory to explain an improbable murder: Maybe they all did it. Twelve riders each stabbed the victim once, making it impossible to know who struck the fatal blow.
Poirot's solution offers some insight into a debate among journalists and Democratic strategists: Was Donald Trump's surprise victory due to his voters' racism or their economic anxiety? The right answer might be that it was both.
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