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How the Trump Base Represents the Danger that Populism Continues To Pose to American Democracy

by Timmy Lee | Nov 18, 2020 | University of Chicago

On November 7th, 4 days after Election Day, Joe Biden was projected to have defeated President Donald Trump and declared to be the 46th President of the United States by all major news sources, including Fox News. The reaction to Biden’s win from Trump, his cabinet...

Populism, Democrat Strategy, and the Definition of Insanity

by Ed Schmeltzer | Nov 17, 2020 | University of Chicago

As the 2020 election winds down and the Democratic Party has, by all reputable accounts, been confirmed as the victor, Op-Eds across the internet have been released mourning the death of the projected Democratic ‘blue wave’. This was the hoped-for upsurge in...

Donald Trump Uses Populist Methods for Arguments at Presidential Debate

by Evelyn Felix | Nov 8, 2020 | Georgia State University

September 29, 2020; the first presidential debate for the 2020 sent shockwaves into the nation that watched Donald Trump and Joe Biden insult each other live on television and streaming sites. The debaters certainly captured the attention of voters ahead of an...

Loyalty Over Truth: The War Between Trump and U.S. Intelligence Agencies

by Mariana Paez | Oct 24, 2020 | University of Chicago

On January 29, 2019, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and other intelligence agency leaders appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee to present their findings on the major security threats facing the United States, particularly Russia’s ongoing...

The Paradox of Trump’s Middle Class Supporters

by Marissa Linn | Oct 23, 2020 | University of Chicago

In his 1959 book “Some Social Requisites of Democracy,” American sociologist and democratic theorist Seymour Lipset advanced a model of what made certain democracies stable and others unstable. He argued that two factors determine the stability of a democracy: their...
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