Articles tagged: 2016 Presidential Election
Video: Donald Trump Makes George W. Bush Sound Like a Certified Genius
Remember when we all used to laugh about what a doofus George W. Bush was?
Video: Remember when we all used to laugh about what a doofus George W. Bush was? This Trump-versus-Bush battle of wits will have you rethinking it all....Read More
Backward Together: Evangelicals and Trump Want to Make America Christian Again
How the conservative Christian myth of a fallen America connects with Trump’s dystopian fearmongering.
Our resident theologian unpacks the philosophy uniting Trump's longing for a mythologized good old days and evangelical Christianity's 'fallen America.'...Read More
Jill Stein Asks Texans to ‘Invest’ in the Green Party
Texas Greens say a vote for Stein isn’t a vote for Trump, promote down-ballot candidates.
Texas Greens say a vote for Stein isn’t a vote for Trump, promote down-ballot candidates....Read More
The Trump Tally
Here’s where Texas’ top elected officials stand on the 2016 presidential race. (Hint: it’s mostly with Donald Trump.)
Here’s where Texas’ top elected officials stand on the 2016 presidential race. (Hint: it’s mostly with Donald Trump.) In a few weeks, American voters may ...Read More
Why My East Texas Neighbors are Voting for Trump (It’s Not Because They’re Stupid Rednecks)
It's not because they're stupid rednecks.
East Texas voters aren't going for Trump because they're stupid, writes Joe Lansdale, but because they like the fear-based mythology of the Trump show....Read More
Hooks: Dems are Missing Their Chance to Give Obama His Transformational Legacy
In 2008, Obama said he wanted to create Reaganesque transformational change. Can Clinton do it?
As the Obama presidency ends, his aspiration to fundamentally change the country is the metric by which we should judge his legacy....Read More
Trump’s Twitter Account Alone Disqualifies Him for POTUS
The GOP nominee puts the incoherent ranting of a man with an outsized persecution complex online for all the world to see.
On Twitter, Trump speaks with a kind of incoherent clarity, channeling a brain teeming with an outsized persecution complex into bursts of salt and spit....Read More
Tired of Trump, Can Latinos Learn to Love a Libertarian?
Republican political consultant Juan Hernandez is trying to woo Latino voters with 'option c' — Libertarian presidential hopeful Gary Johnson.
Republican political consultant Juan Hernandez is trying to woo Latino voters with 'option c' — Libertarian presidential hopeful Gary Johnson....Read More
The Texas Miracle #19: Cocks, Glocks and Trump Across Texas
Unpacking the heat about guns on campus, plus Trump supporters explain their support for the Donald — or at least give it their best shot.
On the podcast: A trio of Texas Monthly writers helps us unpack the heat about guns on campus, plus Trump supporters explain their support for the Donald — or...Read More