Graham Platner’s victory reveals a winning midterms playbook | Pepper Culpepper (opens in new tab)

Voters want someone they trust to change the economic dealGraham Platner’s victory in the Maine Democratic primary, , shows us that voters are not simply rejecting incumbents. They are responding to candidates – even those with pretty dire baggage – who speak to a widespread belief that the economic system is increasingly rigged in favour of billionaires and large corporations.In my research with Harvard professor Taeku Lee, based on surveys of more than 36,000 voters across the US, UK, Franc...