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Showing posts with label Republican coalition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Republican coalition. Show all posts
Thursday, November 17, 2016

From the Washington Post: Trump faces growing tension with key Republicans over national security issues

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A look at the next four years. - Click here for the article . President-elect Donald Trump, who clashed with leading Republicans throu...
Thursday, November 3, 2016

What happens to the Republican Party after the election?

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The internal struggle continues. Little has been written about what happens to Democrats - I'll post what I find soon - and if this play...
Thursday, October 27, 2016

From NPR: Why Texas Is Closer To Turning Blue Than It Has Been In Decades

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No one is predicting a Clinton victory, but the race is tighter than it would normally be. We would not be having this conversation if Senat...
Monday, October 17, 2016

From the Washington Post: And now, some legitimately good news for Republicans

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Trump's low numbers may not have the down ballot effect some have predicted. - Click here for the article . The nightmare scenario ...
Thursday, October 13, 2016

From the NYT: Some in G.O.P. Who Deserted Donald Trump Over Lewd Tape Are Returning

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The dump Trump movement didn't last long. Republican incumbents are worried about their base - who not only support Trump, but partici...
Thursday, October 6, 2016

From Bloomberg: Education Level Emerges as Sharp Dividing Line in Clinton-Trump Race

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This is the third article making the same basic claim about an emerging dividing line among Republican identifiers - and the electorate in g...
Thursday, September 1, 2016

From the Christian Science Monitor: Who are Trump voters? A new portrait emerges

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This is based on data pulled from the Gallup Poll. He seems to be getting the support of people who do not see opportunities for themselves ...
Monday, April 25, 2016

From the Texas Tribune: Ted Cruz Shifts Policy Stances to Suit Fractured GOP

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For our look at parties in the state of Texas, coupled with the ongoing campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. - Click here fo...
Tuesday, April 19, 2016

From Slate: How the GOP Is Losing Its Grip on Working-Class Republicans 409 87 447 The Tea Party was a red herring. The real revolt of the Republican rank-and-file is upon us.

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The author does a better job describing the historical context of the shift that seems to be going on within the Republican Party than I...
Wednesday, April 6, 2016

From The Atlantic: Conservatives Face an Impossible Choice They can back Trump, or run a candidate of their own—but either way, they’ll bring this era of American politics to a close.

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The author - a well regarded political strategists - seen Trump splitting the party and ushering a new party era. - Click here for the artic...
Tuesday, April 5, 2016

From the NYT: Why Trump Can’t Break the G.O.P.

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Parties are more than their presidential candidates. This - says the author - is why Donald Trump cannot damage the party as much as skeptic...
Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Trump v The Republican Party

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The latest on a continuing topic. NYT: G.O.P. Gave Voters a Greater Say, and They Said Donald Trump . The closer Donald J. Trump draws to ...
Sunday, March 20, 2016

From Vox: Twilight of the neoconservatives The movement's unlikely 20-year reign over the GOP could now be coming to an end.

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The term "neo-conservatism" was featured prominently in one of the early 2305 section - the one on ideology. It is defined as foll...

Authoritarian Populism

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That's term the authors of the Monkey Cage use to describe the Trump phenomenon. They think it is a growing trend. - It’s not just Trum...

From 538: When Political Parties Splinter

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Since conventional wisdom seems to be that Trump's success indicates a shift is underway between the political parties - one that might ...
Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Chart of the Day

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From the Rand Corporation. - Click here for the source .
Sunday, March 6, 2016

From the Pew Research Center: A divide between college, non-college Republicans

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An emerging and significant split within the party: - Click here for the article . And a couple graphs from it:

From Vox: The rise of American authoritarianism

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Some researchers think this is the key to understanding Trump supporters. Until recently each party contained supporters with authoritarian ...
Monday, February 29, 2016

From the Texas Tribune: High Turnout Has Some Wondering if GOP Congressmen in Danger

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The Tea Party looks to take out high profile Republicans - powerful ones. - Click here for the article . Expectations of a record turnout ...

From Vox: Don’t Assume Conservatives Will Rally Behind Trump

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It's been a while since we have had a party realignment. Here's an argument that we have one coming up. - Click here for the article...