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Wednesday, November 23, 2016
Public opinion on immigration, 1965-
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In June 1965, the Gallup Poll asked "Should immigration be kept at its present level, increased or decreased?" (this was when the ...
Thursday, November 10, 2016
Mistakes were made, part 2
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Before asking how Donald Trump won the election, it's necessary to ask how he even stayed close. There were numerous occasions when it s...
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Mistakes were made
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Going into the election, Hillary Clinton had a lead of 3.3% in the polls, according to the Real Clear Politics average . In the popular vo...
Monday, November 7, 2016
Landon maintains lead
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As part of an effort to avoid thinking too much about tomorrow's election, I'll return to a 1936 "straw poll" of college s...
Sunday, November 6, 2016
Not that complicated
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A few days ago, an article in the New York Times by Amanda Taub said that working-class support for Donald Trump reflected a "crisis o...
Thursday, October 27, 2016
College professors and capitalism in the 1950s
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In 1955, the Opinion Research Corporation ran a survey they called "Free Market versus Socialist Thinking," which was about basic ...
Saturday, October 22, 2016
Predecessing the Unprecedented
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In many ways, Donald Trump is unique in American politics, but as I've mentioned before, I think he has some parallels with Ross Perot. ...
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