Does watching television make people stupid? Are stupid people more likely to vote for populist parties? And can these effects linger for years, or even decades? If you had asked me a few days ago, I would have been highly skeptical of these claims. They sound far too much like […] Read more »
What Roy Moore tells us about the Republican Party — an update
When Roy Moore announced on June 20 that he would run again for the Senate in 2020, an array of Republican politicians responded with undisguised scorn. … Why doesn’t the vehement condemnation of so many prominent Republican politicians necessarily kill off Moore’s electoral chances? The answer is that the distribution […] Read more »
Dems, Please Don’t Drive Me Away
I could never in a million years vote for Donald Trump. So my question to Democrats is: Will there be a candidate I can vote for? According to a recent Gallup poll, 35 percent of Americans call themselves conservative, 35 percent call themselves moderate and 26 percent call themselves liberal. […] Read more »
Populist policy plans are catapulting Elizabeth Warren with white collar workers
It’s now safe to say that Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is rivaling Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders for second place in the fight for the Democratic nomination. And her rise can be tied to her populist policy driven campaign. Interestingly, however, she isn’t winning over working-class voters. CONT. Harry Enten, CNN Read more »
The Wave That Could Carry Trump to Re-election
… Brexit, Election Day 2016, the collapse of the center-left in France, Germany and Italy, the so-called yellow vest protests, the losses by centrist parties in the recent European elections and a political upset in Australia have been categorized as examples of “populism” or “nationalism.” They are labeled a reaction […] Read more »
Democracy in Crisis
ILL WINDS: Saving Democracy From Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency By Larry Diamond … Larry Diamond, a respected political scientist at Stanford, has spent 40 years circumnavigating the globe promoting democracy in Nigeria, Venezuela and some 70 other countries. Yet today he is aghast: “After three decades in […] Read more »