Why Trump’s softening on immigration is unlikely to splinter his base
Why Trump’s softening on immigration is unlikely to splinter his base
- September 21, 2017
- Michael Tesler, poli sci, in The New York Times, Sept. 21, 2017
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Using similar methods to Mr. Lenz’s, Michael Tesler, a political scientist at the
University of California, Irvine, has conducted research on long-held predispositions,
like views about people who are “different from you.” Mr. Tesler found that voters
are less likely to change those kinds of positions to follow their party leaders.
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