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Understanding America

David Green, 8 November 2004

A lot of British commentators on the US election result find it incomprehensible, particularly the central role played by religious campaigners. It’s well worth taking a look at Gertrude Himmelfarb’s explanation in the Sunday Times. The attitude of Americans who thought the election was primarily about moral issues would not have been a mystery to Britons a couple of generations ago. Many Americans have remained true to values once taken for granted here, but now abandoned.

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