Political reporters and pundits constantly refer to Donald Trump's politics as "populism." The trouble is that Trump and his policies are actually extremely unpopular: Trump: 39% approve, 56% disapprove (Gallup daily tracking … [Read more...]
Grace Ross on Elections and Beyond
Ross is right out there. She is also pretty optimistic. For one, she thinks that the anger and energy the Tea Party types rode in this last election cycle is populist not right wing energy. I am not as confident as she that clear-eyed … [Read more...]
Bad economy net plus for Republicans
In many of the polling-related posts on this site, there has been a regrettable tendency to blame the pollster rather than address the issue. Fortunately some Democratic pollsters look political reality in the face. For those of you … [Read more...]
Wonk Post for Sweat-Equity Folk
James Carville's shop just put out polling and comprehensive strategy memoranda. All polling, analysis, and suggested responses, are downloadable in pdf format. IMHO, a good and dispassonate analysis of the current populist revolt that led … [Read more...]
Healing California’s Sickly Populism
Cross-post: This also appears at Marry in Massachusetts. In the recent decade, we have seen more and more anti-gay and anti-marriage equality groups try to conceal their bigoted let-the-people-vote petitions to prevent or wrest from … [Read more...]
What is populism?
This wide-ranging discussion tossed around the P word freely, with some interesting comments but no agreement (though nobody seems to like Bob Shrum.)Populism is like democracy was 150 years ago. It's scary, embarrassing, has bad breath, … [Read more...]
Kerry @ Faneuil Hall: You and what army?
I don't know if this is the kind of message that will resonate in the general 2008 Presidential campaign, but at the very least it seems to be part of the Zeitgeist, in a way that didn't seem to be the case in 2000 or even 2004, … [Read more...]