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Why Trump’s softening on immigration is unlikely to splinter his base

September 21, 2017

Michael Tesler, poli sci, in The New York Times, Sept. 21, 2017

Using similar methods to Mr. Lenz’s, Michael Tesler, a political scientist at the University of California, Irvine, has conducted research on long-held predispositions, like views about people who are “different from you.” Mr. Tesler found that voters are less likely to change those kinds of positions to follow their party leaders.

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