A portrait of US President-elect Donald Trump guards a residential backyard in Iowa, complete with lights and security cameras.
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The better-to-do and the established of civil and political society have become complacent and deaf to ‘those at the bottom’. The working class has gone over to the right-wing populists.
Donald Trump simultaneously ran against his own party but was supported overwhelmingly by Republican voters.
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Donald Trump’s election will affect Australia profoundly – including in the comfort it gives to those who oppose progressive policies in the name of fighting ‘political correctness’.
How might US president-elect Donald Trump address Obamacare’s rising costs?
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Alternatives to Obamacare look to address rising premiums and less consumer choice. What options does the US have and how could they work?
The 8 million illegal workers currently in the US workforce contribute to US output, mainly in low-skilled jobs.
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Many US voters appear to believe that deporting illegal immigrants would boost job opportunities and wages for US workers. But economic modelling suggests different conclusions.
There is consistent high-level agreement with the proposition that ‘multiculturalism has been good for Australia’ across Scanlon Foundation surveys.
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The 2016 Scanlon Foundation survey provides grounds for caution in applying overseas comparisons to shifts in Australian public opinion.
As the US withdraws, it’s time for China to shine.
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All is not lost for the climate with the election of Donald Trump.
Donald Trump’s sons are at the ready.
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Trump must demonstrate that his presidential decision making will not be influenced by his business interests across the US and the globe.
Trump’s demagoguery had the effect not only of humiliating reason in the face of extreme emotion and prejudice, but also of taking people into cloud cuckoo land.
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Trump’s demagoguery took political discourse in America to a place where it lost contact with reality.
Supporters of presidential candidate Al Gore protest during George W. Bush’s inauguration in January 2001. Gore won the popular vote but lost to Bush in the Electoral College.
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With two of the past five presidential election winners losing the popular vote, it’s hard to justify the continuation of the Electoral College.
Protesting against laws limiting access to abortions.
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Recent Supreme Court rulings played a crucial role in the cultural politics that got Donald Trump elected.
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Diplomacy between Europe and Trump’s administration will be tricky, but not impossible.
Jerry Falwell Jr. at the 2016 Republican convention.
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The US religious right has voted for someone who apparently contravenes some of its core values.
Transferrable skills include ribbon cutting.
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Donald Trump has never held public office, but executive and global leadership are wholly interlinked so business offers some important lessons for the president-elect.
Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton in the US presidential election defied almost all predictions.
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Swinburne political scientist Bryan Cranton looks at why so many experts got the US Election so wrong
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Despite acknowledging her pain, the losing candidate kept her composure as she admitted defeat.
This is news to me.
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Forecasters have been left reeling once again after failing to predict the outcome of the US election.
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Trump won because his supporters no longer believe incremental change can deliver for them.
Quite the surprise!
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November 9, 2016
Brian Ward , Northumbria University, Newcastle ; David Baker , Coventry University ; Gina Yannitell Reinhardt , University of Essex ; Mark McLay , Glasgow Caledonian University ; Michael Patrick Cullinane , Northumbria University, Newcastle ; Paula Keaveney , Edge Hill University , and Toby James , University of East Anglia
From coast to coast, the 2016 election has torn up the usual order.
Donald Trump speaks at his election night rally in Manhattan.
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President-elect Trump sounded very different from candidate Trump.
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Whether it’s Clinton on Trump in the White House, progressive action on climate change in America - and therefore globally - is going to take a hit.