Trump’s voters aren’t authoritarians, new research says. So what are they?

Watch out, the authoritarians are coming! That’s been the alarm, after recent reports that scoring high in authoritarianism was the strongest predictor that someone would support Donald Trump. … But in our research, we find no evidence that Trump supporters are any more “authoritarian” (at least by common measures) than […] Read more »

Trump’s Calling Cards Win the Day, While for Clinton … It’s Complicated

Donald Trump’s now-familiar calling cards won the day for him in Michigan and Mississippi, but with some results that marked his continued challenges trying to morph from a plurality candidate into one who can command a majority in his party. Hillary Clinton, for her part, swept through Mississippi but stumbled […] Read more »

Divided They Fall, as Donald Trump Enjoys Another Big Night

… After a barrage of attacks, tight races last weekend and weak national polls on Tuesday, Mr. Trump faced a question: Was he fading? His strong finish Tuesday night was a clear answer: “No.” … The results since Super Tuesday suggest that Mr. Trump holds around 38 percent of the […] Read more »

Message and meaning

Leadership consists, in important measure, of creating identities, defining situations, interpreting realities and explaining what’s happening to people in terms that followers understand and can relate to. Charismatic leadership emerges when the stakes are high, when a sense of crisis pervades the public, when uncontrollable and dislocating change hangs in […] Read more »

Dem Senate Takeover Probable, If Cruz or Trump Nominee

With Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz seemingly positioned to fight it out for the Republican presidential nomination, Democrats are now poised to take over the Senate in November. … No, there is little hard evidence yet that a huge Democratic electoral wave has started to develop and at […] Read more »