Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's primary victory in a Queens congressional race has been taken to signal a revolution in American politics, the emergence of Democratic socialism as a serious political movement. But while that overstates things, her victory does say something about the two holes in American politics, holes where the votes are to be found.
The first hole concerns social welfare, where her policies aren't as different from those of President Trump as you might think. The second hole is over nationalism, where she and Trump differ greatly.
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