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Democracy In 2022: Trump’S Rhetoric, Truth Social And Election Integrity Platforms, Daniel Brooks

Dartmouth College Master’s Theses

This thesis focuses on how Populism and Democracy remain constantly opposing forces in 21^st century United States domestic politics. A focal point of populist sentiment, rhetoric and narrative dissemination is the Trumpian MAGA wing of the American right. This thesis seeks to address scholarly analysis of Donald Trump’s populist MAGA movement in the context of the 2022 Midterm election, highlight populist narratives of the movement through Truth Social posts and the negative effects upon voters in states with rhetorical focus from MAGA election integrity narratives. This thesis was done through a 3 month phenomenological study with the object of …