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A Political Scientist Asks Why Did We Get US Election So Wrong?

By Bryan Cranston | Published: November 10, 2016

I was wrong, admits political scientist Bryan Cranston, who points out that he wa's hardly alone among those who professions had them making predictions about the US presidential election. But why were so many wrong?

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Revisiting Social Science Space Articles on the Election

By Social Science Space | Published: November 7, 2016

Social scientists have been as focused on the American presidential election as intently as all Americans and big proportion on the world at large. And as that impulse rippled through academe, Social Science Space was there to examine some of the wavelets lapping at social science’s shore.

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Interpreting Trump Through the Politics of Fear

By Michael Todd | Published: November 4, 2016

Last year Ruth Wodak's book on right-wing populist discourse, 'The Politics of Fear,' was published. In this Year of the Trump, she looks at how the US presidential candidate might have required adding a few pages to her work.

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A Short History of Contested Presidential Elections

By Howard J. Silver | Published: November 1, 2016

Noting that one candidate has been claiming the upcoming U.S. presidential vote is 'rigged,' our Washington-based blogger takes a look at the ways that past presidential elections have been less than clear-cut, and that ways in which the system bent to accommodate a peaceful transfer of power.

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Explaining Donald Trump’s Hold on Many White Voters

By Tom Jacobs | Published: October 27, 2016

New research conducted earlier in the current U.S. presidential campaign confirms the role that racial anxiety is playing for many white voters.

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How Much Do Campaigns (and Debates) Really Matter?

By Howard J. Silver | Published: September 26, 2016

The American presidential campaign season, official and unofficial, seems essentially endless. But as the US enters the homestretch for 2016, Howard Silver wonders how much all this sound and fury really matters to voters

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Archived Webinar: Elections in America

By Social Science Space | Published: August 29, 2016

What is the future of American political parties as we known them? Do Americans even care about the candidates’ positions? Do campaign visits and television ads really turn the dial in voting. Political scientists Larry Bartels, Lynn Vavreck and Gary Jacobsen -- address these and other questions about the current presidential election in this archived webinar.

Posted in Public Policy, Research | Also tagged AAPSS, American Politics, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science | Leave a comment

Tag: Presidential Election

A Political Scientist Asks Why Did We Get US Election So Wrong?

Revisiting Social Science Space Articles on the Election

Interpreting Trump Through the Politics of Fear

A Short History of Contested Presidential Elections

Explaining Donald Trump’s Hold on Many White Voters

How Much Do Campaigns (and Debates) Really Matter?

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