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What the Democrats Can Learn from MAGA

January 28, 2026·45 min·3-min readinterviewpolitics
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The Republican Party, particularly through the MAGA movement, has built a durable political coalition by mastering long-term organizing—decentralized, community-driven infrastructure—while Democrats have over-relied on short-term mobilization like mass protests, often at the cost of ideol

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