Rapid changes in power have become the new normal in American politics. Here’s why
Rapid changes in power have become the new normal in American politics. Here’s why
- May 10, 2026
- Work by Michael Tesler, political science, featured by CNN
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In their book “Identity Crisis,” UCLA political scientist Lynn Vavreck and co-authors John Sides and Michael Tesler [UC Irvine political science professor], argued that the 2016 election culminated a long-term shift in the basic conflict between the parties from economic to cultural issues. Around polarizing questions including on immigration, racial diversity and LGBTQ rights, they wrote, Trump tilted the axis of political debate “to competing visions of American identity and inclusiveness.”
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