But it is a tribute to the American two-party system’s capacity for political integration that extremist forces remain marginalized, despite the rhetoric of the Tea Party. President Barack Obama, in particular, has been able to attract support as a liberal-left idealist and as a centrist-realist at the same time, which enabled him to win re-election in the face of a weak economy and an even weaker labor market.
在美国，极右翼与欧洲民粹主义有着诸多相似之处。但由于美国两党制对政治团结的巨大作用，尽管茶党在大声疾呼，极端势力仍处于边缘地位。特别是，总统奥巴马仍有能力以兼为左翼自由主义理想派和中间道路理想主义派的身份赢得支持，这是他能够在经济疲软、劳动力市场更加疲软的情况下赢得连任。