The More Extreme Politics Becomes, the Less It Appeals to Ordinary Citizens

From school boards to Congress, angry ideologues are pushing out regular Americans in a vicious cycle

Protesters gather outside the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District office to speak out against mask mandates on Tuesday, January 18, 2022. (Photo by Mindy Schauer/MediaNewsGroup/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

Last week, a school board in Arizona was confronted with a decidedly unpleasant sight: noted Q-Anoner Ron Watkins, who recently moved to the state supposedly in order…