Tag: Postcards from the Great Divide

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A Closer Look at Voter Attitudes and Habits in 2016 Election

Posted on · Michael Hagerty | Houston Public Media This presidential election cycle has blown up much of the conventional wisdom out there about voter attitudes and habits. Many respected experts were slow to catch onto the appeal of “outsider” campaigns led by Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. We discuss what political scientists got right and wrong about […]

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Hexit, Voter Psychology, and the Prison Rodeo: Wednesday’s show (July 27, 2016)

Posted on · The recent “Brexit” – Great Britain’s vote to leave the European Union – has led to conjecture about a lot of things, from the long-term international economic impact of the move, to what it might signal about U.S. trade policy, to somewhat less serious musings, like Ken Hoffman’s recent column in the Houston Chronicle, which […]