Tonight! Join @LSE_US experts on the presidential election result using #LSEUSelects http://bit.ly/2ekifNO pic.twitter.com/9wt7Otw9cu
Theatre filling up nicely for #lseuselects pic.twitter.com/ergUrqnELI- Packed lecture theatre for this #LSEUSelects event https://twitter.com/lsepublicevents/status/796342336334757888 …
- Panelists included Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey, Professor in Political Science in the Government Department of the LSE; Sir Nigel Sheinwald,former British Ambassador to the United States and British Permanent Representative Ambassador to the European Union; Bronwen Maddox, Director ofthe Institute for Government; and Peter Trubowitz, Professor of International Relations and Director of the LSE's US Centre. The event was chaired by Justin Webb, presenter on the Today Programme and former Washington Correspondent for the BBC.
- We're live-tweeting tonight! Follow #LSEUSelects for updates on our event, What's Next? Analysing the 2016 US Presidential Election
- And #LSEUSelects has begun! @ptrubowitz introduces the @LSE_US and discusses the surprise we've experienced in US politics today.
- Tonight’s panel features @Cheryl_SB, @bronwenmaddox, Sir Nigel Sheinwald and @ptrubowitz , chaired by @JustinOnWeb, #lseuselects
- .@JustinOnWeb “Let’s start with what happened...” #lseuselects
- 'He found untapped pockets of resent' - Bronwen Maddox #LSEUSelects
- Many of the panelists started by identifying the bases of support that Trump used to secure his election.
- .@bronwenmaddox argues the Rust Belt were sources of untapped pockets of resentment for Trump & crumbled Clinton’s “Blue Wall” #lseuselects
- Bronwen Maddox: Trump articulated a message that people wanted to hear, regardless of whether it was true or not! #LSEUSelects @LSE_US
#trump won on resentment resonance, even the bluewall has crumbled.. #LSEUselects pic.twitter.com/PieWaXACJs- .@Cheryl_SB sees Trump as being in right place & time to tap into America’s rage & growing distrust in political institutions #lseuselects
- .@Cheryl_SB also notes multiple realities amongst American electorate -there was no sense of weighing candidates by the facts #LSEUSelects
- '...and so I think that political scientists will study 2016 for generations to come.' - Prof. Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey #LSEUSelects
- Political scientists will study 2016 for generations to come! #lseuselects @LSE_US
- The ongoing rage in US citizens.. #trump was the right man at the right time to tap into it, or exploits it @LSEpublicevents #lseuselects
Packed theatre here to see @LSE_US event on the Presidential election results #LSEUSelects pic.twitter.com/dkzdlnhkG4- .@ptrubowitz argues Trump saw voters that both parties were ignoring, identified key issues, & appealed to sense of injustice #lseuselects
- 'What Comey did...was to remind republicans (who had misgivings)...to get off the fence.' - Prof. Peter Trubowitz #LSEUSelects
- #trump strives on political incorrectness, probably the key to win over the majority of blue collars #lseuselects
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