U.S. workforce development should be part of any administration’s economic policy playbook, including potential second terms for Joe Biden and Donald Trump, argues Harry J. Holzer. In a new commentary, he outlines three critical workforce challenges and how the leading presidential candidates may approach them.
Spoiler candidates. Because the contest will almost certainly be very close, a great deal of attention has been paid to the question of “spoilers”—third party or independent candidates who could pull enough votes from Biden or former Trump to keep one of them from winning. Elaine Kamarck assesses the chances of potential spoiler candidates such as Robert F. Kennedy.
Categories of white votes. It remains clear that white working-class voters, defined simply as white voters without a college degree, are a key to Trump’s electoral fortunes. But are they completely loyal to the former president? John J. DiIulio, Jr. sheds light on this question.
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