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1990s Oregon campaigns anticipated Trump's politics of division

  • Written by: Arlene Stein, Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University

The white working class surprised many pundits and social scientists by supporting Donald Trump, leading some to describe the election results as a “whitelash.”

The fact that the president-elect successfully mobilized this population was far from inevitable. After all, a fair number of Trump supporters once voted for Obama. A good many...

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