Politics in America “…a majority of Trump voters say they are voting against Clinton rather than for Trump” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 November 2016 The angrier and more fearful partisans are, the more of a market there is...
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 “… the lesson of Trumpism becomes much scarier: We are more vulnerable than we thought to reactionary strongmen” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 November 2016 There is a comforting and popular explanation for Trump’s rise: He is the product...
Politics in America “That a demagogue like Mr. Trump would emerge when there is a lot frustration in the lives of Americans who feel that their suffering is ignored isn’t without precedent” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 November 2016 That a demagogue like Mr. Trump would emerge when there is a lot frustration...
Politics in America “If Mr. Trump loses, the party faces a daunting reconstruction challenge” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 November 2016 If Mr. Trump loses, the party faces a daunting reconstruction challenge. Policies that promote...
Politics in America “If Mr. Trump loses the presidential race…it will not be enough for Republicans to excuse or ignore his candidacy” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 November 2016 With only hours left before Election Day, here’s the painful, self-evident truth facing lifelong...
Politics in America “…we have witnessed on the Republican side the rise of fear, anger and apocalyptic rhetoric” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 November 2016 Particularly since the election of Barack Obama, we have witnessed on the Republican side...
Politics in America “The next few months will tell us a lot about whether Mr. Trump and Trumpism were an anomaly or are now the new norm of the party that Lincoln helped create” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 November 2016 The next few months will tell us a lot about whether Mr. Trump and...
Politics in America “… one of the most predictive variables for a place becoming more Republican has been the number of people ethnically identifying as ‘American’…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 July 2016 Something real has been percolating over the past decade in the Republican base when...
Politics in America “Somewhere in recent years, the GOP’s engagement with modern America…became dysfunctional” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 July 2016 Somewhere in recent years, the GOP’s engagement with modern America and how to best...