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Education Levels, Not Income, Led to Trump

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With it being Trump’s inauguration today, I thought I’d highlight an article from November by Nate Silver. Where did Clinton do well and where did she falter?: I took a list of all 981 U.S. counties with 50,000 or more people and sorted it by the share of the population that had completed at least a four-year college … Read more

WSJ Survey: No White House Economists Openly Support Trump

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Surprise, surprise: The Wall Street Journal this month reached out to all 45 surviving former members of the White House Council of Economic Advisers under the past eight presidents, going back to Richard Nixon, to get their views on this year’s presidential election. Among 17 Republican appointees who responded to Journal inquiries, none said they supported Mr. Trump. Six … Read more

There’s a lot more to Trump support than racism.

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I’m a conservative. Over the last 9 months or so the Trump campaign has sent me from incredulous to enraged to dejectedly resigned, and I admit I’m still trying to figure out what just happened. To hear some of my leftist friends talk, the Trump phenomenon is the inevitable climax of an increasingly out-of-touch, racist, backwards party, … Read more

Brexit, Trump, Sanders

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If you Google “Trump” and “Brexit” you’ll get an avalanche of articles suggesting that the explanation of the UK’s vote to leave the EU is an expression of populist outrage, resurgent nationalism, and an admixture of xenophobia to boot. That might not be accurate. Walker’s post highlighted an alternative view. But let’s roll with it … Read more

Quick Thoughts on Trump and Predictions

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Now that Donald Trump has wrapped up the GOP nomination, there are two kinds of articles flooding the national conversation: Surely this is a sign of the End Times. Pundits are dumb! I can’t really contest #1 because, in a nutshell, I agree. I usually pray for family and friends. Today, Trump has given me reason … Read more