2016: The Year that Pop Culture Swallowed Politics
May 19, 2025 | Published in Current Events
The stench of rotting punditry drifted over the 2016 election. Nobody saw Donald Trump lasting anywhere near as long as he did. Almost nobody saw Bernie Sanders coming in the first place. The money, which has traditionally lined up perfectly behind a winner, chose Jeb (!). The entire class of political experts failed so …
