Monday, May 4, 2026

A sign, not a poll

 In the South, “Trump” is not so much a person as a social movement, a kind of populism that sweeps the region every 30 years or so. For the past few years, in rural areas from Georgia to Texas, we’ve seen Trump symbols displayed at homesteads permanently. As symbols go, these were more like flags than election signs.

On this last trip, all those signs were gone. We didn’t see one.

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A sign, not a poll

 In the South, “Trump” is not so much a person as a social movement, a kind of populism that sweeps the region every 30 years or so. For the...