Obama to Trump Voters
People who voted for Obama in 2012 and for Trump in 2016, about 5.7 million voters, played an essential role in Trump’s victory. A research paper by Stephen Morgan and Jiwon Lee explore the characteristics of these voters. While their research focuses primarily on white non-Hispanic “crossover” voters they also discuss the characteristics of white non-Hispanic voters who did not vote in 2012 but voted for Trump in 2016. The authors also generate some comparisons between these two sets of voters and Romney-Trump voters.
Cross-pressured voters are those voters who are subject to conflicts and inconsistencies in whom to vote for.… Read the rest
A Social Revolution?
Because Brown II focused solely on implementation the arguments in the Court demonstrated attention to detail. The Supreme Court and the lower federal courts were equity courts. This gave them a wide range of options to fashion remedies. The issue of time became a key area of concern. Suggestions regarding time ranged from an immediate decree for action to a decree with no fixed date for the end of segregation.
Court arguments
The opening argument before the Court dealt with the Virginia and South Carolina cases. The civil rights attorney representing the Negroes called for desegregation as soon as the necessary administrative procedures could be implemented.… Read the rest
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