Tom Schaller

professor of political science at University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Maryland and contributor to the polling and political blog, FiveThirtyEight.com; author of Whistling Past Dixie: How Democrats Can Win without the South

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The new book “White Rural Rage” explores anger in the heartland and the threat it poses to American democracy.

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With all that's happened during the past year, it’s hard to believe that Barack Obama has yet to deliver his first address on the State of the Union .

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With all that's happened during the past year, it's hard to believe that Barack Obama has yet to deliver his first address on the State of the Union .

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