On the 2016 presidential election: a question of character
Michael De Dora
Posted on November 7, 2016
Imagine for a moment that the candidates in the 2016 presidential election were flipped. Leave aside personal traits, and imagine this flip is entirely on public policy. In this reserve imagined world, Donald Trump is a liberal, and the Democratic candidate for president. Hillary Clinton is a conservative and the Republican candidate for president. In this world, Trump supports the right to abortion and access to reproductive health care; accepts and seeks to combat climate change; believes in a progressive tax policy; wants to invest in public education; promotes investment in innovation and new jobs; wants to reform unjust and harmful criminal justice practices; backs comprehensive immigration reform; rejects religious stereotyping and defends fundamental constitutional rights; believes in diplomacy; and the list goes on. In this world, Clinton believes that abortion should be outlawed,…