Getting people to put on one set of glasses rather than another to view their political choices is part of what campaigns do to win elections. The fight to frame the choice is one of the biggest battles. Throughout the primaries, Donald Trump has attempted to make the choice about […] Read more »
Economic hardship and politics in Indiana
The rise of Donald Trump should inject a dose of humility into those of us who practice political science or political journalism (I plead guilty on both counts). With a few honorable exceptions, we didn’t predict what was coming, and we couldn’t believe the evidence of our own senses as […] Read more »
Economy Continues to Rank as Top Problem
… With the presidential election campaign roaring on, the economy remains the single leading issue in Americans’ minds as the biggest problem facing the country. Economic concerns more generally make up about 40% of all “most important problem” mentions. CONT. Justin McCarthy, Gallup Read more »
Donald Trump and the Twilight of White America
On June 25, 2015, a week after Donald Trump announced his candidacy for president of the United States, the Census Bureau released a landmark report on the demographics of American children under the age of five. For the first time in U.S. history, it reported that a minority of this […] Read more »
Trade with China is tearing our politics apart
… Political scientists still don’t fully understand the forces pushing some in both parties to adopt more extreme positions. As American politics continued to polarize in recent years, however, trade with China might have made the problem worse, according to new research. Voters in places that were more exposed to […] Read more »
Unlike Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton Lacks A Simple, Clear Economic Message
… Coming up with a clear economic message isn’t just a problem for Hillary Clinton. It’s a problem for Democrats in general. In Celinda Lake’s polls, Democrats are consistently behind Republicans on the issue of the economy. In recent general election polls, where Clinton beats Trump handily in the horse […] Read more »