was 'left vs right' giving way to 'populist vs establishment' the message of the 2016 election?

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11. at least you gave me an answer, though it doesn't hold water. Johnson was the establishment

candidate. It might be argued in 2010 when he ran against Russ, he was a "populist", but not in 2016. In 2016 he towed the establishment republican view, hook, line and sinker.

The people of Wisconsin knew where Russ stood and where Johnson stood on the issues. In fact, based on this last election, I think Wisconsin has now demonstrated they might even be considered a red state now. Look how many chances they had to throw Scott Walker out, and they didn't

The people in the swing states knew the people who were running for the Senate, and they knew where the candidates stood. In the most critical states all the Democrats were liberal, except Kirkpatrick who was a moderate, and they all were defeated by the establishment republican incumbent:

http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Deborah_Ross.htm
http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Katie_McGinty.htm
http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Russell_Feingold.htm
http://www.ontheissues.org/PA/Patrick_Murphy.htm
http://www.ontheissues.org/OH/Ted_Strickland.htm
http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Jason_Kander.htm
http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Ann_Kirkpatrick.htm

This election was more clear than any election in recent times. People knew what the issues were

The Supreme Court was an issue, the environment was an issue, women's rights, civil rights, health care, the economy, social security, and Medicare, and the ACA.