Tuesday, April 10, 2018

The 2016 Election: A First Cut

The Big Picture: 2016

Insider-Outsider/Left-Right

Table 1.1: Mapping American Politics, 2016 (P. 10)


Left
Center
Right

Outside
Bernie Sanders
   Donald Trump
    Ted Cruz
    Rand Paul
    Ben Carson
    Mike Huckabee
    Tea Party
Middle (Inside-Outside)

Jim Webb
        Chris Christie

Marco Rubio

Inside

Nancy Pelosi
     
  Mitch McConnell
     John Kasich
        Jeb Bush


Paul Ryan
                                                            Hillary Clinton




Well we're living here in Allentown
And they're closing all the factories down
Out in Bethlehem they're killing time
Filling out forms
Standing in line

-- Billy Joel

  Image result for manufacturing employment output


Declining Mobility



Education and Incarceration:



Life expectancy and support for Trump

Coming Apart:




Education


Rising Earnings Disparity Between Young Adults with And Without a College Degree

At the other end of the spectrum:  the dream hoarders

Geography and inequality


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