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Henry Olsen

Disciplines:
politics
conservation/conservatism
politics/elections
working class

Summary

American political analyst at the Ethics and Public Policy Center — author of The Working Class Republican — who has specialized in analyzing blue-collar Republican voters and working-class conservatism.

Core Contribution

Creates the most data-driven analysis of Reagan's working-class electoral coalition — The Working Class Republican argues that Reagan's appeal was to economically populist working-class voters (not just economic libertarians) and that this was the foundation of his electoral success.

Notable Works & Achievements

The Working Class Republican

Washington Post columns

Historical Influences

Electoral data analysis tradition Reagan coalition studies

Intellectual Lineage

American political analysis tradition

Contemporaries & Peers

Michael BaroneSean Trende

Minds Influenced

Conservative political analysis

Intellectual Posterity

The Working Class Republican

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