How political science helps explain the rise of Trump: Most voters aren’t ideologues (op-ed)
How political science helps explain the rise of Trump: Most voters aren’t ideologues (op-ed)
- March 2, 2016
- An op-ed by Michael Tesler, political science assistant professor, as featured in The Washington Post
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From The Washington Post:
Michael Tesler, assistant professor of political science at UC Irvine [writes]: Donald
Trump’s success in the Republican presidential primaries – especially after last night’s
s Super Tuesday contests – has flummoxed many political observers, including many
(though not all) political scientists.
For the full story, please visit https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/03/02/how-political-science-helps-explain-the-rise-of-trump-most-voters-arent-ideologues/.
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