I don't think any political scientist would have thought in November that Trump would still be ahead in the polls, that said, most of us would say it's still pretty early. Jennifer Lawless More Quotes by Jennifer Lawless More Quotes From Jennifer Lawless The shutdown is real. The wall is hypothetical. And at some point soon, the Republicans are going to remember that it's real people in their districts who aren't getting paid, real people who aren't able to access government services, and real people who vote. Jennifer Lawless top-news A lot of them are running in pretty competitive primaries but in districts that are ultimately not going to be that competitive in the general election. Jennifer Lawless top-news Democratic women in particular are more energized, more enthusiastic and more engaged than ever before. Jennifer Lawless top-news Trump and Carson are banking on the fact that people who are so turned off by politics are going to rally and get behind them. But political scientists have long known that people who are turned off by politics don't engage (in) the system. Jennifer Lawless politics
