Stasis Grid

Author Info

Source Type

Categorical

Definitional

Causal

Evaluation

Action

Jurisdiction

Up to three names,
write them all; 4+,
write first name et
al. (i.e., Smith et
al.)

(popular, scholarly,
trade, government)

Does X exist?

Is X a Y?

Does X cause Y?
Is Y a result of X?

Is it good or bad?
Fair or unfair?
Harmful or
beneficial?

What should be
done about X?

Who is responsible?

1. Michael D

Popular

Is the Donald
Trump the best
option for
America as
president?

What actions
should be
taken to
prevent
Donald Trump
becoming
president?

'Antonio

Will Trump be
able to transform
himself from
actor to genuine
politician?
2. David
Roberts

Popular

Could Trump
actually pull
this off?
Could he
become
president?

The angry
white people
flocking to
Trump feel like
they're getting
snubbed,
looked down
on, and passed
over, that a new
culture is rising
up around them
and it has no
place for them

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3. Stuart
Anderson

Scholarly

What are the

big differences
between
government
and business?

Donald
Trumps
primary
experience with
government has
been in making
campaign
contributions
and convincing
local and state
officials to
approve real
estate projects.

4. MJ Lee, Sara
Murray, Jeremy
Diamond, Noah
Gray et al.

Popularly

What are the

publics
reasoning for
defending
Trump?

5. Varad Mehta

Scholarly

Trumps
campaign
depends on
pursuing voters
who dont exist
at the cost of
those who do.

Author Info

Source Type

Categorical

Definitional

Causal

Up to three names,
write them all; 4+,
write first name et
al. (i.e., Smith et
al.)

(popular, scholarly,
trade, government)

Does X exist?

Is X a Y?

Does X cause Y?
Is Y a result of X?

Nominate
Trump, and the
GOP would
lose collegeeducated voters
for at least a
generation, and
possibly
forever.

A Trump-inspired
descent into
white identity
politics would be
a cataclysm for
the GOP because
it would alienate
the very voters it
needs if it wants
the White House
back.
Evaluation
Is it good or bad?
Fair or unfair?
Harmful or
beneficial?

Action

Jurisdiction

What should be
done about X?

Who is responsible?

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6. John Hawkins

7. Will Rahn

Popular

Popular

I do think
Donald Trump
is qualified to
be President,
but hes not
presidential
and you can be
certain that if
hes the
nominee
The big
Trump
advantage is
that he has no
actual
ideology.

Since I dont
think Donald
Trump can get
the job done,
regrettably I
cannot support
him in the
primary
Would Trump
becoming
President create
a large uproar
in the country?

I wonder how
many of his
supporters view
Trump, the guy
with a decadeslong habit of
bragging about
all the women
hes slept with,
as a sincerely
pro-life
candidate.
8. John
MacArthur

Popular

It was about
Hillary as the last
rampart against
the vicious
vulgarity of
Donald Trump. If
ever there were a
moral case for

Of course I
wont vote for
Donald
Trump. Hes a
wolf in wolfs
clothing. But
all around me
I hear liberal

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choosing the
lesser of two
evils, wasnt this
it?

9. Paul
Mirengoff

Would the
support of
missing white
voters be
sufficient to
elect the
tycoon?

sheep rustling
in the fields,
preparing to
rationalise
their vote for
Hillary.
The bottom
line, I think, is
that Trump is
more electable
than many
suppose and
probably more
electable than
Cruz.

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Works Cited
Anderson, Stuart. "Stuart Anderson: The Mouth That Ate the GOP." NY Daily News. N.p., 23 Aug. 2015. Web. 8 Mar. 2016.
<http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/stuart-anderson-mouth-ate-gop-article-1.2333858>.
Delgado, A.J. "20 Reasons Why It Should Be Donald Trump in 2016." Breitbart. N.p., 22 Oct. 2015. Web. 7 Mar. 2016.
Hawkins, John. "I Like Donald Trump, But I Dont Think He Can Win A General Election - John Hawkins - Page Full." Townhall.com. N.p.,
9 Jan. 2016. Web. 8 Mar. 2016. <http://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2016/01/09/i-like-donald-trump-but-i-dont-think-he-canwin-a-general-election-n2101924/page/full>.
Diamond, Jeremy, Noah Gray, MJ Lee, and Sara Murray. "Why I'm Voting for Donald Trump Politics.com." CNN. N.p., 28 Jan. 2016. Web.
8 Mar. 2016. <http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/27/politics/donald-trump-voters-2016-election/>.
MacArthur, John R. "Yes, Donald Trump is Grotesque. But I Will Never Vote for Hillary Clinton The Spectator." The Spectator. N.p.,
26 Mar. 2016. Web. 24 Mar. 2016. <http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/03/yes-donald-trump-is-grotesque-but-i-will-never-vote-for-hillaryclinton/>.
Mehta, Varad. "Why Donald Trump Cant Win The White House." The Federalist. N.p., 22 Feb. 2016. Web. 8 Mar. 2016.
<http://thefederalist.com/2016/02/22/why-donald-trump-cant-win-the-white-house/>.
Mirengoff, Paul. "How Electable is Donald Trump?" Power Line. N.p., 29 Jan. 2016. Web. 8 Mar. 2016.
<http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2016/01/donald-trump-and-the-question-of-electablility.php>.
Rahn, Will. "Trump Is the Most Electable Republican. Really." The Daily Beast. N.p., 26 Jan. 2016. Web. 24 Mar. 2016.
<http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/01/26/trump-is-the-most-electable-republican-really.html>.

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Roberts, David. "Why I Still Believe Donald Trump Will Never Be President." Vox. N.p., 30 Jan. 2016. Web. 8 Mar. 2016.
<http://www.vox.com/2016/1/30/10873476/donald-trump-never-president>.