In the Land of the Data Blind, by Jason Blakely

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We've recently updated our website to make signing in easier and more secure Donald Trump (The Big Hack), by Kelly Heaton © The artist. Courtesy Kelly Heaton Studio I n August 2020, amid COVID-19 lockdowns, George Floyd protests, and conspiracy theories that the entire U.S. electoral system was a sham, the University of Chicago political scientist John Mark Hansen took to socially distanced videoconferencing to deliver a public lecture entitled “American Politics Before and After Trump.” His mood was weirdly serene. According to Hansen, Donald Trump and MAGA were nothing exceptional when viewed in light of what political scientists call the “fundamentals”: “structural factors” such as economic conditions, partisan affiliation, and incumbency. By all such indicators, Hansen calmly intoned, Trump was not “defying gravity”; he was predictably subject to the “same forces as every other president in our recent political history.” In fact, Hansen’s long-term forecast was disastrous for Repub

January 2026 Issue [Revision] In the Land of the Data Blind Why political science can’t grasp Trumpism by Jason Blakely , Donald Trump (The Big Hack) , by Kelly Heaton © The artist. Courtesy Kelly Heaton Studio [Revision] In the Land of the Data Blind Why political science can’t grasp Trumpism by Jason Blakely , Adjust Share In August 2020, amid COVID-19 lockdowns, George Floyd protests, and conspiracy theories that the entire U.S. electoral system was a sham, the University of Chicago political scientist John Mark Hansen took to socially distanced videoconferencing to deliver a public lecture

In the Land of the Data Blind, by Jason Blakely

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