Presidential election, 2016

[Eric the Green]

If you remember George Wallace and his racist dog whistle campaign "to stand up for America," it is interesting that in CA we have a remnant of his presidential 1968 bid called the American Independent Party (probably allied to the "Constitution Party" elsewhere), and I noticed tonight that this party endorsed Donald Trump instead of running its own candidate this year. How fitting. It has always been the voice in CA of what we call the alt right now, with its mixture of anti-trade, anti-globalism, anti-multiculturalism/immigration, pro-gun and neo-liberal economics; just the brew that Donald served up. It has survived in CA until now because so many people when they register to vote choose this party mistakenly thinking they are registering "independent."