The protection racket
The protection racket
- October 27, 2024
- Michael Tesler, poli sci, The New York Review, Oct. 27, 2024
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Some of this reluctance is surely based on raw political calculation. [Hillary] Clinton’s explicit presentation of herself as a groundbreaking female candidate did not help her beat Trump. In the 2016 general election, as John Sides, Michael Tesler [UC Irvine professor of political science], and Lynn Vavreck write in their 2018 book Identity Crisis, “Women did not rally to Clinton’s candidacy, but men shifted to Trump—especially men with more sexist attitudes.”
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