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" Overall, America's math scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) have risen since the 1990s though remain disappointing when compared to the rest of the globe. "

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" Those who are able to afford to live in a neighborhood with 'good schools' will do so, knowing that a good education is the key to good opportunity for their children. "

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Children

Education

Opportunity

" The things that frustrate one piece of Trump's coalition often endear him to or embolden another wing of the coalition. "

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Coalition

Trump

Things

" Donald Trump, having spent decades in the public eye as an entertainer, may not understand what the nuclear triad is, or what America's 'first use' nuclear policy is, or why starting a trade war would be a disaster. But he does understand storytelling, the power of a clear narrative, and the importance of stirring emotion. "

Kristen Soltis Anderson

America

War

Understand

" There is nothing just or fair about what happened to Jordan Edwards. And his story is yet another in a long line of tragedies that now powerfully remind us of the long way we still have to go in creating a fair and just relationship between law enforcement, our criminal justice system, and the public our laws are supposed to protect. "

Kristen Soltis Anderson

Justice

Long

Relationship

" If a woman rising in power is too tough or aggressive, she's attacked for it. If she's attractive, she's accused of having used that to her advantage. And even if a woman is beyond qualified for a role, there will always be those who raise doubts about if she's really qualified. "

Kristen Soltis Anderson

Tough

Woman

Always

" True small-c conservatives should fight at every turn to preserve basic standards of conduct and institutions that have served our nation well. "

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Nation

Fight

Standards

" My slice of the millennial generation, as we grew up, became - to the dismay of the GOP - a bloc of fairly consistently Democratic voters. "

Kristen Soltis Anderson

GOP

Democratic

Generation

" I remember fancying myself a junior 'McCainiac' in 2000, though politics were rarely discussed in our household. "

Kristen Soltis Anderson

Though

Remember

Politics

" Young voters may be growing up in an era of increased global connection, cooperation and commerce. But they're very open to politicians who tell them it is these very things that are keeping elites in power and keeping their generation down. "

Kristen Soltis Anderson

Growing

Growing Up

Generation

" Thoughtful education programs and access to effective forms of contraception are key to preventing unplanned pregnancy. "

Kristen Soltis Anderson

Thoughtful

Effective

Education

" As a member of the oldest slice of the Millennial generation, my teenage years spanned the late 1990s through the start of the new millennium. I spent that time watching a lot of MTV's 'Total Request Live', 'Dawson's Creek', and wearing out a dual VHS tape of 'Titanic'. "

Kristen Soltis Anderson

Time

Generation

Start

" Let's think about where things stood in December 2015. By that time, Republicans had already had such epic and long-standing struggles with young people that I'd written a whole book about it. Additionally, Republicans had already had a bruising start to their primary season. "

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Book

Start

People

" In 2012, when Mitt Romney named Russia as our greatest geopolitical foe, Democrats scoffed and accused Republicans of trying to ignite a new Cold War. "

Kristen Soltis Anderson

New

Cold

War

" Obama's numbers fell by a slightly larger amount over his first few months because he enjoyed much more support right at the start from Republicans, support that eroded quickly. "

Kristen Soltis Anderson

Support

Right

Over

" Tax reform exists, sort of, as an outline - miles away from being actual passed legislation. "

Kristen Soltis Anderson

Tax

Legislation

Miles

" I went to Washington, D.C, for the first time my senior year as part of Girls Nation, put on by the American Legion Auxiliary, which sends high school students to D.C. to form a pretend federal government. There was an energy about the city that made me feel like I just had to come back there. "

Kristen Soltis Anderson

School

American

City

" Congress has been productive when focusing on bites of policy that don't inflame the divisions within the party and quietly do the work of governing. "

Kristen Soltis Anderson

Congress

Within

Policy

" The American system is set up to have two parties competing for votes. But Americans have not had the same two parties to choose from since the beginning. "

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System

Two

Choose

" For some in my generation, Sept. 11th was a moment of political awakening. For others, the Iraq War or the financial crisis or the rise of Obama were the major events of their teenage years that began to lay the foundation for their views. "

Kristen Soltis Anderson

Political

Rise

War

" Millennials easily connect the dots between good education and good opportunities, and they also understand that it isn't just hard work that determines how well a child will be educated - it also depends on where they live and the resources their parents commit to their education. "

Kristen Soltis Anderson

Work

Live

Hard Work

" Winning feels great, and everybody loves a winner. But the very best figure out what's coming next and don't assume they've got the winning formula forever. "

Kristen Soltis Anderson

Winner

Great

Forever

" Feeling unsafe in your own home? Look no further than those terrorists and criminals and illegal immigrants who have been given free reign and on whom Trump says we need to 'get tough.' "

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Home

Feeling

Look

" There's no question that a Democratic Congress plus a Trump presidency would equal gridlock. Nothing moves, nothing changes, nothing gets accomplished, nothing gets reformed. Voters know this. "

Kristen Soltis Anderson

Nothing

Changes

Congress

" Fast-moving views are not likely to be strongly held views. Instead, they're much more likely to be about people mirroring back the signals they see coming from the leaders they support. People can resolve dissonance by shifting their own view on issues that aren't top of mind. "

Kristen Soltis Anderson

People

Support

View

" It's not hard to assume that voters do not have deeply considered views on each and every policy issue before them but instead, perhaps, have one or two strongly held views and then allow their favored political leaders to fill in the gaps on the rest of the issues. "

Kristen Soltis Anderson

Hard

Two

Political

" President Trump, who made his name in the business world and built a brand as a successful CEO via a reality TV show that punished incompetence, was not just elected for a series of tough policy views. "

Kristen Soltis Anderson

Business

Tough

World

" Trump was elected in part because enough Americans viewed him as a capable and strong leader, someone who is 'decisive' and 'competent.' "

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Strong

Enough

Him

" The robots are coming, whether we like it or not, and will change our economy in dramatic ways. "

Kristen Soltis Anderson

Robots

Our

Change

" Being a skeptical and thoughtful consumer of polls is essential. "

Kristen Soltis Anderson

Being

Thoughtful

Consumer

" The data - on issues and on Trump himself - keep pointing back to 'one-in-four' as the true size of Trump's base. It is around one in four who like the tweeting, like the insults, the things other people say are mean or unproductive behavior. "

Kristen Soltis Anderson

Behavior

Data

People