Fried Amy, Harris Douglas B
University of Maine, Orono, ME USA.
Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, MD USA.
Society. 2020;57(5):527-533. doi: 10.1007/s12115-020-00526-y. Epub 2020 Oct 29.
For decades, Republicans and American conservatives have cultivated and employed public distrust in government to garner strategic benefits. But officeholders have typically behaved with restraint in running for reelection, limiting their pursuit of electoral self-interest at the expense of the political system they are sworn to "preserve, protect, and defend." President Trump has shown little interest in such restraint, and his attacks on the electoral process could produce grave social and political consequences in the aftermath of the 2020 election.
几十年来，共和党人和美国保守派一直培育并利用公众对政府的不信任来获取战略利益。但官员们在竞选连任时通常行事克制，不会以牺牲他们宣誓要“维护、保护和捍卫”的政治制度为代价来过度追求自身选举利益。特朗普总统对此种克制毫无兴趣，他对选举过程的攻击可能在2020年大选后产生严重的社会和政治后果。
