2016 Presidential Election

December 15, 2016 0

The Wages of Whiteness?: The Role of Racial Animus and Economic Insecurity Explain Working Class Whites Support for Trump

BY ERIC L. MCDANIEL Commentators have argued that Donald Trump’s election is an indication that President Obama failed to appeal to the White working class. These arguments downplay the role of race and contend that Obama’s inability to calm working class Whites’ economic fears contributed to [...]

November 28, 2016 0

Re-thinking Minority Representation in the United States

BY ERIC GONZALEZ JUENKE AND PARU SHAH The Obama era will come to a close next year. His presidency has provided the backdrop to some of the most important innovations in racial and ethnic politics research. In the last decade, with the rise and pervasiveness of online campaign websites, political [...]

November 27, 2016 0

The One They’ve Been Waiting for: White Fear and the Rise of Donald Trump

By Linda Alvarez, Ivy A. Melgar Cargile, Natasha Altema McNeely, Lisa Pringle, Patricia Posey, Andrea Silva, and Carrie Skulley On November 8th, 2016, Donald Trump was elected the 45th President of the United States. Many, including members of the Republican party were shocked that a man openly [...]

November 19, 2016 0

The GOP’s Intra-Party Brand Disagreement As A Check on Trump’s Presidency

BY JUSTINE G.M. ROSS Nearly forty years ago, an anti-establishment presidential candidate with a Tinseltown resume and the campaign phrase “Let’s Make America Great Again” rose to national prominence. Initially dismissed by his party, opponents, and the media as an uninformed, inexperienced, [...]

November 19, 2016 0

The 2016 Elections and new “Minority” Democratic Party

BY: DANIEL GALVIN President Obama has devoted most of his energies over the last eight years to building a policy legacy, and he has made many important gains. Unfortunately, it will now be relatively easy for Trump and the Republican Congress to undo most of it fairly quickly. They will now [...]

November 13, 2016 17

Hiding in Plain Sight: White Women Vote Republican

Jane Junn is Professor of Political Science at the University of Southern California In the wake of Donald Trump’s election as President of the United States, one piece of data from voter exit polls has been particularly surprising for Clinton supporters: 53% of white women voted for Trump [...]