The referendum for Brexit was held on June 23, 2016, in which 51.9 percent voted for Great Britain to leave the European Union.  A victory for Brexit, no doubt, but not an overwhelming one.  Then, five months later, American voters delivered a similar blow to their political establishment by electing Donald Trump president.  Although Trump won the Electoral College votes by a sizable margin (304 to 227), his victory in many critical states was narrow, and he received 2.1 percent less of the popular vote than did Hillary Clinton.  Now, about three year later, conservative and pro-Brexit proponent Boris Johnson achieved a blowout victory this week over the opposition Labor Party.  There are common threads among all three of these elections.  One is that the people of Great Britain and the United States gave the middle finger to their respective political...(Read Full Post)