Schulman Publishes Op-Ed on Trump & Carter’s Unconventional Campaigns
A Washington outsider, anathema to his party’s establishment, rides a wave of discontent with politics-as-usual to an early lead in the presidential nominating contest. Seemingly emerging out of nowhere — a year before the first caucuses and primaries not even the longest list of contenders included his name — this unlikely candidate pioneers new campaign strategies to catapult to the top of a crowded field.
Donald Trump in 2016? The real estate tycoon and reality TV star shaking up the Republican primary race with his brash rhetoric, unorthodox agenda and disdain for retail campaigning in states like Iowa and New Hampshire?
No, Jimmy Carter in 1976. Forty years ago, an obscure Southern governor exploited changes in the presidential selection rules and post-Watergate disillusionment with conventional party politics to win the presidency. In a recent op-ed for Reuter’s, Professor Bruce Schulman explores Carter’s legacy for current politics.