How political science helps explain the rise of Trump (part 3): It’s the economy, stupid
How political science helps explain the rise of Trump (part 3): It’s the economy, stupid
- March 4, 2016
- An op-ed by Michael Tesler, political science assistant professor, is featured in The Washington Post
From The Washington Post:
Michael Tesler, assistant professor of political science at UC Irvine [writes]: What
explains the success of Donald Trump? In the first two posts in this series, we discussed
two factors. First, most Americans and many Republicans in particular are not orthodox
ideologues. Second, white identity and hostility to minority groups are strongly correlated
with Trump support. In this last post, we again draw on decades of research to identify
a third important factor: the economic struggles that some Americans are experiencing.
For the full story, please visit https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/03/04/how-political-science-helps-explain-the-rise-of-trump-part-3-its-the-economy-stupid/.
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