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.
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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’.
Alternatives to Obamacare look to address rising premiums and less consumer choice. What options does the US have and how could they work?
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.
The 2016 Scanlon Foundation survey provides grounds for caution in applying overseas comparisons to shifts in Australian public opinion.
All is not lost for the climate with the election of Donald Trump.
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 took political discourse in America to a place where it lost contact with reality.
With two of the past five presidential election winners losing the popular vote, it’s hard to justify the continuation of the Electoral College.
Recent Supreme Court rulings played a crucial role in the cultural politics that got Donald Trump elected.
Diplomacy between Europe and Trump’s administration will be tricky, but not impossible.
The US religious right has voted for someone who apparently contravenes some of its core values.
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.
Swinburne political scientist Bryan Cranton looks at why so many experts got the US Election so wrong
Despite acknowledging her pain, the losing candidate kept her composure as she admitted defeat.
Forecasters have been left reeling once again after failing to predict the outcome of the US election.
Trump won because his supporters no longer believe incremental change can deliver for them.
From coast to coast, the 2016 election has torn up the usual order.
President-elect Trump sounded very different from candidate Trump.
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.
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Assistant Professor, Miller Center, University of Virginia, and US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of American Politics, De Montfort University
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Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Professor of American Studies, University College Dublin
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Dennis Altman is a Friend of The Conversation.
VC Fellow, La Trobe University
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Senior Lecturer in International Politics, University of Birmingham
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor and Director of the Centre on US Politics, UCL
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Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Professor of Management, University of Essex
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Reader in US History, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Lead Academic Teacher - Politics & Social Science (Swinburne Online), Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Economics and Finance. Director of the Betting Research Unit and the Political Forecasting Unit at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of American and British Studies, University of Oslo
