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Sex and religion were the biggest influences on #NeverTrump Republicans

… In a recent work, we explored the question “‘why did Republican lawmakers oppose Trump’s candidacy in the 2016 campaign?” There are diverse—and often contradictory—explanations of the #NeverTrump movement offered by politicians, pundits, and journalists in 2016. After cataloguing these explanations, we distilled them into four theoretical categories: (1) policy […] Read more »

Modern-day ‘Class Consciousness’ and ‘Class Resentment’

… There is, of course, tremendous resistance among social scientists and historians to the idea that American white workers can be said to have anything like a “class consciousness” at all. While it is considered acceptable to use the term to describe, for example, the attitudes of British working class […] Read more »

CNN Poll: Republicans shifting negative on Mueller’s investigation

Republicans have begun to sour on Robert Mueller’s handling of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, and they are increasingly likely to say the President should not testify under oath for the special counsel. CONT. Jennifer Agiesta, […] Read more »

CBS News Poll: More Americans now say Russia investigation is politically motivated

A year into the special counsel investigation into Russian involvement in the 2016 elections, a slight majority of Americans thinks the investigation is politically motivated. Fifty-three percent say so, while 44 percent think the investigation is justified. Nevertheless, three in four Americans still think President Trump should cooperate if he […] Read more »