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    Clinton Performed Very Well in Most Urban Areas Relative to Obama, Despite Losing the Rustbelt—and the Presidency with It

Clinton Performed Very Well in Most Urban Areas Relative to Obama, Despite Losing the Rustbelt—and the Presidency with It

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Despite talk of collapsed Democrat support for Clinton, her performance in urban areas was very strong this presidential election. As Joshua D. Ambrosius argues however, her loss to Donald Trump highlights the weakness of Democrats’ urban-centric appeal, given the new-found GOP capacity to mobilise masses of rural working class and suburban Americans.

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s lead in the popular […]

November 22nd, 2016|2016 Presidential Election, 2016 Presidential Election, Democracy and culture, Elections and party politics across the US, Featured, Joshua D. Ambrosius, Urban and regional policies|0 Comments|
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    Democrats’ One Hope Left After 2016 Results: The Filibuster? Maybe Not.

Democrats’ One Hope Left After 2016 Results: The Filibuster? Maybe Not.

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In the midst of a Republican sweep of the Presidency, House of Representatives and the Senate, Democrats have turned to the filibuster as their final barrier against what they see as regressive Republican policies. As John Rackey of the University of Oklahoma argues, however, the Democrats’ turn to the obstructionist tool could backfire and lead to further diminished minority party powers […]

November 21st, 2016|2016 Presidential Election, 2016 Senate Elections, John D. Rackey, U.S. History, Uncategorized|0 Comments|
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    How to prevent the collapse of the liberal-left after Brexit and Trump

How to prevent the collapse of the liberal-left after Brexit and Trump

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The UK’s decision to leave the European Union and Donald Trump’s election as President of the United States have been cited by some commentators as proof that the West is turning away from liberal values. Tahir Abbas argues that in the aftermath of Brexit and Trump, supporters of liberalism require a new movement aimed at reaching a unitary consensus […]

November 19th, 2016|Elections and party politics across the US, Featured, Tahir Abbas|0 Comments|
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The Hillary coalition that never was

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Recent commentary on the presidential election has sought to pinpoint where Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton lost to Republican President-elect Donald Trump. Royal Holloway Doctoral Researcher Rakib Ehsan identifies three key reasons behind the election result: anti-establishment sentiment driving Trump’s vote in traditional Democratic Party strongholds, an Obama-Clinton “enthusiasm gap” among African-Americans, and a better-than-expected Republican showing among Hispanic voters […]

November 18th, 2016|2016 Presidential Election, Democracy and culture, Elections and party politics across the US, Featured|1 Comment|
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    Despite Trump’s divisive rhetoric, the progressive cause is not a hopeless one

Despite Trump’s divisive rhetoric, the progressive cause is not a hopeless one

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Given Trump’s divisive rhetoric during the presidential election, many have expressed concern and fear about the course of international politics, American domestic affairs and US culture. Though acknowledging the serious danger to the status quo that President-Elect Trump poses, Terry Hathaway posits that we should be hopeful and not put too much stock in his campaign rhetoric; in addition, he notes […]

November 18th, 2016|2016 Presidential Election, Democracy and culture, Elections and party politics across the US, Justice and Domestic Affairs, Terry Hathaway|0 Comments|
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Welcome to Trumpland

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Walter Dean Burnham, of the University of Texas, Austin, warns that with Donald Trump’s victory amidst the rise of the alt-right, America should prepare itself for a tumultuous roller-coaster of a presidency over the next four years.

 

The triumph of Donald Trump was shockingly unexpected. Two technical failures played a particular role: the failure of the media and their allies, the […]

November 17th, 2016|2016 Presidential Election, Democracy and culture, Elections and party politics across the US, LSE Comment, Walter Dean Burnham|0 Comments|
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    What Donald Trump could do to ‘make America great again’ without destroying free trade

What Donald Trump could do to ‘make America great again’ without destroying free trade

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Investors are looking for signs that the populist agendas of his campaign will be left where they belong: on the campaign trail, writes Simeon Djankov.

For nearly two years, unsettling comments by US presidential candidates rattled international investors. The prospect of US trade wars with China and Mexico hit global markets, already weakened by the surprising result of the Brexit […]

November 15th, 2016|2016 Presidential Election, Economy, Elections and party politics across the US, LSE Comment, Simeon Djankov|0 Comments|
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Global implications of Trump’s fiscal stimulus

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Recent commentary on the presidential election has touched on the domestic appeal of Trump’s protectionist, “America first” economic policy. LSE Visiting Fellow Guillermo Felices reflects on the broader implications of this protectionist stance, and argues that an international backlash could undermine the sustainability of this economic position. He also notes that though the anti-establishment sentiment seen in the UK and […]

November 15th, 2016|Economy, Elections and party politics across the US, Guillermo Felices, LSE Comment|0 Comments|
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    What does the Trump triumph mean for journalism, politics and social media?

What does the Trump triumph mean for journalism, politics and social media?

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Professor in the Department of Media and Communications at the LSE and Director of Polis, Charlie Beckett, looks at who is to ‘blame’ for Trump’s election and what this means for the future of media.

 

There’s been a wonderful arc to the blame narrative in the wake of Donald Trump’s decisive victory in the Presidential election.

I’m talking here mainly about […]

November 14th, 2016|2016 Presidential Election, Charlie Beckett, Elections and party politics across the US, LSE Comment, Uncategorized|1 Comment|
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Trump and Brexit: why it’s again NOT the economy, stupid

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As the final votes are counted, pundits and pollsters sit stunned as Donald J. Trump gets set to enter the White House. For anyone in Britain, there is a sharp tang of déjà vu in the air: this feels like the morning after the Brexit vote all over again. Eric Kaufmann explains that, as with Brexit, there’s little evidence […]

November 12th, 2016|2016 Presidential Election, Elections and party politics across the US, Eric Kaufmann|0 Comments|
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