Politics in America “A generation ago, a Presidential contender like Trump wasn’t conceivable” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 November 2016 A generation ago, a Presidential contender like Trump wasn’t conceivable. Jimmy Carter brought smiling...
Politics in America “The defining characteristic of our moment is that parties are weak while partisanship is strong” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 November 2016 Political scientist Julia Azari has written the single most important sentence for understanding both...
Politics in America “A good number of voters seem to have decided that the choice this year is between two candidates they don’t like” Author Drew Kaplan Date 30 October 2016 A good number of voters seem to have decided that the choice this year...
Politics in America “…before 1968, primaries hardly mattered; since 1968, the Conventions have hardly mattered” Author Drew Kaplan Date 28 October 2016 The protests at the Democratic Convention in Chicago in 1968 resulted in a change...
Politics in America Whoops! “The only way to kill a troll like Trump is to deprive him of attention” Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 October 2016 Trump has taken trolling to the next level by being willing to offend members...
Politics in America “Donald J. Trump…might be the most ostentatiously unqualified major-party candidate in the 227-year history of the American presidency” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 October 2016 …Donald J. Trump…might be the most ostentatiously unqualified major-party candidate in the 227-year history...
Politics in America “It also seems clear that Trump has a weird problem with admitting error” Author Drew Kaplan Date 29 September 2016 It also seems clear that Trump has a weird problem with admitting error. Confronted...
Politics in America “Rhetorically, Trump drove a high-speed train filled with fireworks into a nuclear power plant” Author Drew Kaplan Date 28 September 2016 Rhetorically, Trump drove a high-speed train filled with fireworks into a nuclear power plant....
Politics in America “Trump is not trying to persuade, detail, or prove: he is trying to thrill, agitate, be liked, be loved, here and now” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 September 2016 It’s considered an indication of authenticity that he doesn’t generally speak from a teleprompter...
Politics in America “Throughout the primaries, Trump rallies routinely featured his boasts about the most recent polling results” Author Drew Kaplan Date 17 August 2016 Throughout the primaries, Trump rallies routinely featured his boasts about the most recent polling...