On the other hand, Donald Trump has subverted the traditional campaign almost entirely, drawing from the hardline margins - especially where immigration is concerned - and from the aggressively, tribally partisan to find support.
Trump hasn't subverted anything, he's using the political process like all the other candidates, but without being hidebound to party or ideological/label constituencies. What he has subverted (or better, I think, co-opted) is the mechanism by which the established elites control the message. Trump is talking over the press, the pundits and the political class.
The "tribally partisan" groups are the party insiders, by definition. Partisan being attached to a political party just because of loyalty to the party. Trump's positions with regard to national identity and jobs transcend party identity, and finds support from wide swaths of voters who nominally associate with both parties.
It is telling that the author sees national identity (a kissing cousin of patriotism) as an attribute of a "hardline margin."
I came across the little hater Steve Deace’s twitter and get this - he states ‘all the important people won’t vote for Trump’.
Now I have to say, I didn’t know that in America one voter was more important than another.
What a pos that guy is, and anyone else who thinks like that.