Election 2016 – Views & Research

Orlando, Florida, June 13, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Will Donald Trump’s call to profile Muslims offend voters?

Deborah Schildkraut, Tufts University

Donald Trump embraces legendary basketball coach Bobby Knight at a campaign rally in Indianapolis, Indiana. Jim Young/Reuters

Trump’s dog whistle: the white, screwed-over sports icon

Kyle W. Kusz, University of Rhode Island

Hillary Clinton has a promising chance to become the first female U.S. president. REUTERS/David Becker

America’s ‘exceptional’ lack of a female President in global perspective

Dinesh Sharma, Binghamton University, State University of New York

Should down-ballot Republicans love this face? REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Did Donald Trump kill the Tea Party?

Robert Boatright, Clark University

Trump and Clinton victorious: proof that US voting system doesn’t work

Michel Balinski, École Polytechnique – Université Paris Saclay and Rida Laraki, Université Paris Dauphine – PSL

Bernie Sanders supporters line up in California. Reuters/Mike Blake

The waning influence of American political parties

Peter Levine, Tufts University

Donald Trump has been highly critical of trade liberalisation, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Reuters/Jim Young

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There’s a good reason we’re so interested in the US election: it matters

Kim Beazley, University of Western Australia

Old enough to break down? Electronic voting machines. Matt Sullivan/Reuters

Aging voting machines threaten election integrity

Lawrence Norden, New York University and Christopher Famighetti, New York University

The Pentagon at sunrise. REUTERS/Gary Cameron

Has the American military fallen behind?

Bear F. Braumoeller, The Ohio State University

Bernie supporters at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, January 24, 2016. REUTERS/Mark Kauzlarich

Young voters embrace Sanders, but not democracy

Christopher Beem, Pennsylvania State University

Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Raleigh, North Carolina on December 4 2015. Jonathan Drake/Reuters

The rhetorical brilliance of Trump the demagogue

Jennifer Mercieca, Texas A&M University

A line snakes down the sidewalk at Western High School in Las Vegas during the Nevada Republican presidential caucus. David Becker/Reuters

Why it’s time to end in-person voting for good

Ben Pryor, Oklahoma State University

A voter drops off her election ballot at a drop box in Oregon. Richard Clement/REUTERS

Why Asian Americans don’t vote Republican

Cecilia Hyunjung Mo, Vanderbilt University

On the US-Mexican border. Mike Blake/REUTERS

More Mexicans are leaving the US than coming across the border

David Cook Martín, Grinnell College

March 1, 2016

Are ‘extremist’ candidates electable?

Justin Buchler, Case Western Reserve University

Political science has held that being moderate gets a candidate votes in the presidential election. So how then do Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump fit in?

Church members wait to hear Hillary Clinton speak, December 1 2015. REUTERS/Marvin Gentry

December 9, 2015

Should voters care about candidates' religious views?

Nancy T Ammerman, Boston University

Donald Trump is Protestant, Bernie Sanders is Jewish and Ted Cruz is a Southern Baptist. But do such religious affiliations mean anything?

Woody Guthrie lived in Fred Trump’s Beach Haven apartment complex for two years. Nick Lehr/The Conversation

January 21, 2016

Woody Guthrie, ‘Old Man Trump’ and a real estate empire’s racist foundations

Will Kaufman, University of Central Lancashire

In the 1950s, Woody Guthrie lived in one of Fred Trump's buildings. In newly discovered, never before published writings, Guthrie bitterly rails against the developer's color line.

Clinton campaigns in Illinois. Brian C. Frank/REUTERS

September 9, 2015

Emails won’t decide Clinton’s fate in 2016

Brian Frederick, Bridgewater State University

Forget about classified messages. Hillary Clinton's campaign has bigger problems to worry about.

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January 28, 2016

Explainer: what are the Iowa caucuses?

René Lindstädt, University of Essex

America's presidential election is finally about to formally kick off – with a very strange event indeed.

January 27, 2016

Trump, Clinton narrowly lead in Iowa with five days remaining

Adrian Beaumont, University of Melbourne

The Iowa caucuses will be held on Monday 1 February. The caucuses begin at 7pm Iowa time (12 noon Tuesday Melbourne time). There is some attempt at persuasion before people vote at the caucuses, causing…

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Will Donald Trump’s call to profile Muslims offend voters?

Trump’s dog whistle: the white, screwed-over sports icon

America’s ‘exceptional’ lack of a female President in global perspective

Did Donald Trump kill the Tea Party?

Trump and Clinton victorious: proof that US voting system doesn’t work

The waning influence of American political parties

POV: Oz

There’s a good reason we’re so interested in the US election: it matters

Aging voting machines threaten election integrity

Has the American military fallen behind?

Young voters embrace Sanders, but not democracy

The rhetorical brilliance of Trump the demagogue

Why it’s time to end in-person voting for good

Why Asian Americans don’t vote Republican

More Mexicans are leaving the US than coming across the border

Are ‘extremist’ candidates electable?

Should voters care about candidates' religious views?

Woody Guthrie, ‘Old Man Trump’ and a real estate empire’s racist foundations

Emails won’t decide Clinton’s fate in 2016

The GOP is imploding, based on the animus the party stoked toward Obama.

Wealthy Americans created the conditions that gave rise to 2016’s angry populism

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Explainer: what are the Iowa caucuses?

Trump, Clinton narrowly lead in Iowa with five days remaining

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