Johnny Burtka, executive director of The American Conservative magazine, told Hill.TV the populist issues that led to voters supporting President Trump and former presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) are likely to persist regardless of who wins in November.
“The problems that led to the populist uprisings of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, those issues aren’t going away,” he said.
Issues of concern, he said, included the opioid epidemic, the rise of China and the eroding of the middle class.
“In the long run, I think these issues have to be addressed or there will be continued civil unrest,” Burtka added.
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