It’s not just Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton who are so different from each other. On the eve of back-to-back political conventions, Republicans and Democrats across the land see their neighbors, their country and their world through very different eyes, according to a new McClatchy-Marist Poll. Muslims, Mexicans, guns, gays […] Read more »
College Men for Trump
It’s relatively easy to understand how the bitter grievances of the white working class drive support for Donald Trump. What’s less understandable is why a plurality of college-educated white men backs the Republican Party’s combative soon-to-be nominee. … We often overlook the pro-Trump leanings of white men with college degrees, […] Read more »
The Impact of U.S. v. Texas on the Latino Electorate
Earlier today America’s Voice and Latino Decisions released poll results assessing Latino voters’ knowledge of and reaction to the Supreme Court’s U.S. v. Texas decision blocking President Obama’s authority to implement DAPA and to expand DACA. The poll surveyed 657 registered Latino voters using a mix on online and live […] Read more »
Right-Wing Populism Is Prevailing in Left-Wing Strongholds Around the World
Across the postindustrial world, the populist right is excelling in the old bastions of the left. If there is a lesson for the United States in the decision by British voters to exit the European Union, it is the importance of the emerging split between the beneficiaries of multicultural globalism […] Read more »
A big chunk of Donald Trump’s supporters were just waiting for a candidate like him
One of the questions worth asking about the rise of Donald Trump in American politics is the extent to which he took advantage of a latent frustration over immigration — or whether he’s driving new hostility among people who hadn’t paid much attention to politics in the past. In other […] Read more »
Here’s a close look at how immigrant voters could affect the 2016 election
… Do naturalized citizens favor one party over the other? Have U.S. immigrants’ political orientations changed over time? How important is the immigrant vote in national elections? In my new book Altered States, I’ve examined these and several related issues, which I discuss below. CONT. Thomas M. Holbrook (U. of […] Read more »