Has Nostalgia Helped Elect Presidents?

February 8, 2019

Gideon Resnick, political reporter at The Daily Beast, weighs in on the power of nostalgia and politics, and how President Trump's 2016 slogan of "Make America Great Again" helped him capture the White House.

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Has Nostalgia Helped Elect Presidents?

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