Voters looking to blunt Chinese import competition turn to Democrats, a team of economists found, because they want politicians who vote to restrict trade. In counties most exposed to Chinese imports, the economists found, voter turnout increased, as did the votes for Democratic House members or candidates. CONT. Bob Davis, […] Read more »
Is Life Better Than It Was Decades Ago? For Some Voters, Probably Not
The Pew Research Center recently polled voters on whether life in America is better or worse than it was 50 years ago “for people like them.” Overall, 46% of voters say that life is worse. As you might have guessed, this is especially true of Republican voters and especially especially […] Read more »
American Public Opinion on Foreign Trade
Foreign trade has become a significant issue in the presidential campaign. Donald Trump has proposed to renegotiate many aspects of trade with China as a centerpiece of his campaign, and Bernie Sanders continues to focus on rewriting “disastrous” trade pacts that he says cost American jobs. This focus on the […] Read more »
Campaign Exposes Fissures Over Issues, Values and How Life Has Changed in the U.S.
The 2016 presidential campaign has exposed deep disagreements between – and within – the two parties on a range of major policy issues. But these divisions go well beyond the issues and extend to fundamentally different visions of the way that life in the United States has changed. CONT. Pew Read more »
Simmering for Decades, Anger About Trade Boils Over in ’16 Election
… Anger about unbalanced trade has helped to fuel the rise of Donald J. Trump, the Republican front-runner, and the success of Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont in his bid for the Democratic nomination. The manifest anger also has pushed their principal rivals, Republican Senator Ted Cruz and the Democratic […] Read more »
Free-Trade Opposition Unites Political Parties in Bloomberg Poll
Opposition to free trade is a unifying concept even in a deeply divided electorate, with almost two-thirds of Americans favoring more restrictions on imported goods instead of fewer. The latest Bloomberg Politics national poll shows the issue unites the country like few others, across lines of politics, race, gender, education, […] Read more »