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Sunday, May 31, 2026

Highly Respected?

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 It's often said that a large part of Donald Trump's support represents a reaction to the disdain that ordinary people receive from ...
Thursday, May 21, 2026

Why not?

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 In January, I had a post about why Trump was renominated in 2024.  I argued that it wasn't because he of strong support among ordinary...
Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Time for a change?

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 I wanted to write a post on opinion about redistricting, but there are only a few survey questions on the subject.  Two points are clear:  ...
Monday, May 4, 2026

The root of all evil?, part 2

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People are more optimistic about the future when their party is in power.  This isn't surprising--in fact, it would be surprising if thi...
Wednesday, April 29, 2026

The root of all evil?

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Clarence Thomas recently gave a speech at the University of Texas--Austin that's attracted a lot of attention.  Thomas said that a new...
Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Beyond the fringe?

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 A few weeks ago the New York Times published a story on people who think that women should not have the right to vote, and more recently t...
Sunday, April 19, 2026

Why?, part 2

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 In my last post, I wrote about the rise of Donald Trump.  In this post, I'll consider his return after being defeated in 2020.  This qu...
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David Weakliem
I was a professor of sociology at the University of Connecticut from 1994 until my retirement in 2021. I am editor of the journal Comparative Sociology. My new book, Public Opinion, was published by Polity in 2020. Hypothesis Testing and Model Selection in the Social Sciences was published by The Guilford Press in April 2016.
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