Despite Donald Trump’s recent uptick in polling against Hillary Clinton, he surely faces an uphill battle for the White House. Like John McCain and Mitt Romney before him, he must contend with formidable demographic headwinds, especially the rising share of non-white voters. Continue Reading
Donald Trump’s views often change and are sometimes contradictory. Indeed, Trump’s comments on foreign policy often seem to be impromptu riffs, creatures of the political moment rather than expressions of any analysis of the issue at hand. Continue Reading
It’s hard to know how many voters will place health care at the top of their priorities when choosing our new president in November. Regardless of where one stands on the issue of Obamacare, changes will be coming to the law in 2017. Continue Reading
At times during the Republican primary, this critique of Obama’s purported weakness prompted a remarkable bellicosity. But whatever the temperature of their rhetoric, Republican candidates were unified both in their critique of Obama’s foreign policy and in a call for greater American leadership — i.e., action — in the Middle East and elsewhere. Continue Reading
Foreign policy has played a part in the Democratic debate, though a modest one. One reason: neither candidate has appeared willing to put too much distance between her- or himself and President Barack Obama’s foreign policy. Continue Reading
Baker Institute political science fellow Mark Jones outlines eight key insights from the May 24 Texas primary runoff elections. Continue Reading
The growth in Mexican students traveling to the United States has been considerable, at least within the limited range of students this Baker Institute database examines. However, this growth is in study areas that do not meet Mexico’s most urgent needs. Continue Reading