People Keep Talking About ‘The Establishment.’ What Is It, Anyway? : NPR
From February 2016—NPR
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What Does Establishment Mean Now?
So why has establishment taken off now? Because people hate the establishment right now.
But before we can get to why, let’s back up and try to find a simple definition.
“I tend to think of the establishment as a group of people that is consistently involved in party politics, whether they be elected officials, whether they be interest group leaders, whether they be radio personalities,” Cohen said, “people who have consistently been involved in shaping the party.”
They may not choose candidates in smoke-filled convention rooms, but they have their own way of pushing particular candidates. (Limiting the number of primary debates or deliberately putting them on low-TV-viewership nights are a couple of examples Cohen cites.)
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