Suzanne Mettler Says the Rural-Urban Divide Threatens American Democracy

 We barely disagree with each other, but we can't stand one another's party. 

Suzanne Mettler

Suzanne Mettler is the John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions at Cornell University. She is the coauthor of Four Threats with Robert Lieberman and Rural Versus Urban: The Growing Divide that Threatens Democracy coauthored with Trevor Brown. 

The Democracy Paradox is made in partnership with the Kellogg Institute of the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. 

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Key Highlights

• Introduction - 0:20
• From a 2-Point Gap to a 20-Point Chasm - 3:10
• The NAFTA Betrayal Democrats Never Escaped - 15:01
• Why Are You Kowtowing to These Elites? - 23:31
• Power Without Prosperity - 34:35

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