Politics in America “…Americans today, especially on the Trump right and the Sanders left, won’t give politicians anything close to that kind of trust” Author Drew Kaplan Date 20 November 2016 Clinton was saying in private what she can’t or won’t in public. The e-mails...
Politics in America “American politics in 2016 has taken a big step toward politics in the rest of the world” Author Drew Kaplan Date 18 November 2016 The Trump phenomenon, which has onlookers in Europe and elsewhere agog at the latest...
Politics in America “A party that produces Ms. Palin as its vice-presidential nominee and Mr. Trump as its nominee is at war with reason” Author Drew Kaplan Date 17 November 2016 As Margaret Thatcher once said, first you win the argument, then you win the...
Politics in America “There’s an ongoing battle among Trump’s opponents to define his supporters” Author Drew Kaplan Date 17 November 2016 There’s an ongoing battle among Trump’s opponents to define his supporters. Are they having...
Politics in America “The great truth was that large numbers of Republican voters…wanted government to do more things that benefitted them (as opposed to benefitting people they saw as undeserving)” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 November 2016 The great truth was that large numbers of Republican voters, especially less educated ones,...
Politics in America, Races in America “For Democrats, the politics of race and class are fraught” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 November 2016 For Democrats, the politics of race and class are fraught. If you focus insistently...
Politics in America “Party leaders should have anticipated Trump’s rise…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 14 November 2016 Party leaders should have anticipated Trump’s rise—after all, he was created in their laboratory,...
Politics in America “One of the mysteries of 2016 is the degree to which Hillary Clinton is reviled” Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 November 2016 One of the mysteries of 2016 is the degree to which Hillary Clinton is...
Politics in America “…traditional gatekeepers have neither the power nor the cultural capital to stop Trump-like candidates” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 November 2016 Elites are often blamed for Trump’s rise — he is said to be the...
Politics in America “…parties used to drive media attention by signaling to reporters which candidates to take seriously” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 November 2016 Money turned out to be much less important to winning primaries than anyone thought...