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But then, you know, Trump comes into office, he has all this support. And it felt like it called the question for a lot of people in ways that maybe they could ignore in the past.

But then, you know, Trump comes into office, he has all this support. And it felt like it called the question for a lot of people in ways that maybe they could ignore in the past.

Yeah, I mean I think there's several things that are going on there. So there is – I think there is a portion of people who kind of held their nose and voted because it would help enact like other views around reproductive rights or sort of other things that they might want. But I think there's also –

Yeah, I mean I think there's several things that are going on there. So there is – I think there is a portion of people who kind of held their nose and voted because it would help enact like other views around reproductive rights or sort of other things that they might want. But I think there's also –

A significant portion of people who are evangelical that feel very maligned by the political system in general. Right. It is true that we live in a secular society and, you know, feel that a lot of the kind of like cults. socio-cultural institutions in American life are dominated by secular approaches to life.

A significant portion of people who are evangelical that feel very maligned by the political system in general. Right. It is true that we live in a secular society and, you know, feel that a lot of the kind of like cults. socio-cultural institutions in American life are dominated by secular approaches to life.

And so that creates a feeling of defensiveness, I think, that kind of manifests and was stoked by Trump. And so I think that's where you sort of get that sense of people not necessarily feeling they have to hold their nose, but this is something that they actively support.

And so that creates a feeling of defensiveness, I think, that kind of manifests and was stoked by Trump. And so I think that's where you sort of get that sense of people not necessarily feeling they have to hold their nose, but this is something that they actively support.

Right. Yeah. I mean, I think there's been, you know, more and more data that kind of shows that there are sort of perceptions of status and status threat that sort of shape people's willingness to support a candidate like Trump.

Right. Yeah. I mean, I think there's been, you know, more and more data that kind of shows that there are sort of perceptions of status and status threat that sort of shape people's willingness to support a candidate like Trump.

I mean, this, you know, not to kind of harp on Valerie Bunce's definition, which I do love, but it's sort of, to me, it's this idea that, well, when are people willing to accept the uncertainty of outcome that we're asking them to accept in order to buy into a political system if they feel like their people, their tribe, are going to be squashed?

I mean, this, you know, not to kind of harp on Valerie Bunce's definition, which I do love, but it's sort of, to me, it's this idea that, well, when are people willing to accept the uncertainty of outcome that we're asking them to accept in order to buy into a political system if they feel like their people, their tribe, are going to be squashed?

You know, should the other side win or that it poses some kind of existential threat, you know, to things that they hold sacred, then, you know, I think you see more and more people kind of begin to, you know, look for ways to blow the system up or, you know, try some completely different alternative or whatever the case may be.

You know, should the other side win or that it poses some kind of existential threat, you know, to things that they hold sacred, then, you know, I think you see more and more people kind of begin to, you know, look for ways to blow the system up or, you know, try some completely different alternative or whatever the case may be.

Yeah. So, you know, most of my day job, most of my work is, you know, partnering with organizations that are trying to get people involved in collective action and public life in different ways, and then essentially putting data and learning around their work to try to understand how they can do that more effectively. Like, how do we do that better? And my attention was drawn to...

Yeah. So, you know, most of my day job, most of my work is, you know, partnering with organizations that are trying to get people involved in collective action and public life in different ways, and then essentially putting data and learning around their work to try to understand how they can do that more effectively. Like, how do we do that better? And my attention was drawn to...

2016 ballot initiative in Cincinnati that was trying to pass universal preschool with targeted resources for the poorest children in the city, which given the demographics of Cincinnati is primarily a poor black population. It's very high rates of racialized poverty in Cincinnati. And if you remember in 2016, you know, Trump won Ohio by a pretty significant margin.

2016 ballot initiative in Cincinnati that was trying to pass universal preschool with targeted resources for the poorest children in the city, which given the demographics of Cincinnati is primarily a poor black population. It's very high rates of racialized poverty in Cincinnati. And if you remember in 2016, you know, Trump won Ohio by a pretty significant margin.

And this ballot initiative passed in Cincinnati by the largest margin of any new education levy in Cincinnati history. And so I thought, OK, what is going on here? Right. Because not only did this new tax pass, it passed by this huge margin.

And this ballot initiative passed in Cincinnati by the largest margin of any new education levy in Cincinnati history. And so I thought, OK, what is going on here? Right. Because not only did this new tax pass, it passed by this huge margin.