tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post7992210444107475873..comments2023-12-23T09:28:20.869+00:00Comments on The View from Cullingworth: How not to analyse an election result (Marxist studies version)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-46380477518866636682016-11-12T13:09:41.243+00:002016-11-12T13:09:41.243+00:00I thought she was quoting Groucho. I thought she was quoting Groucho. Dr Evilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00176521760477086914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-41026065504159139902016-11-10T11:51:42.417+00:002016-11-10T11:51:42.417+00:00The almost complete absence of any academic commen...The almost complete absence of any academic commentary from the right…<br /><br />I for one have written much on it.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-26328405174746879902016-11-10T09:07:21.738+00:002016-11-10T09:07:21.738+00:00and there was me thinking that academic study was ...and there was me thinking that academic study was to do with the development of the ability to critically examine the assumptions, arguments, conclusions and underpinning evidence of a range of positions rather than spoonfeeding the young minds with selected material on the basis of an entrenched position.<br /><br />JayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-79349574836311614092016-11-09T22:07:31.272+00:002016-11-09T22:07:31.272+00:00I was surprised that Trump won: Clinton was not p...I was surprised that Trump won: Clinton was not popular but I thought the GOP had squandered an opportunity to defeat the Democrats by not running a more mainstream figure.<br />I now think that Clinton must have been more unpopular with ordinary Americans than anyone realised. From exit polls it seems that Trump slightly increased his share of the vote among Latinos and African Americans compared to Mitt Romney in 2012.<br />I also thought that voters that had not voted before had come out to support Trump. But in 2012 there were 127m votes for the two main candidates but this year only 119m. So it seems a lack of support for Clinton is much of the reason for her defeat.<br />Of course some/most on the Left are whining: democracy is only valid when you win.<br />KJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07339137349962768014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-64737076298056451632016-11-09T20:58:16.857+00:002016-11-09T20:58:16.857+00:00“The almost complete absence of any academic comme...“The almost complete absence of any academic commentary from the right…”<br />There are very few people from the right in academia. Diversity in academic circles means more women or ethnic minorities only, not people with a diversity of opinion.<br />KJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07339137349962768014noreply@blogger.com