Jacob Hacker

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Professor of Political Science; co-director, Ludwig Program on Public Leadership, Yale Law School; co-leader, Consortium on American Political Economy (CAPE); director, Yale American Political Economy eXchange (APEX); jacobhacker.com

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This project, conducted with Professor Jacob Hacker, concerns the transformation of the Democratic Party in the contemporary knowledge economy, where economic success is closely linked to urban agglomeration effects. In the context of increasing racial and ethnic diversity and growing educational, occupational, and geographic divides, how has the party managed its heterogenous coalition centered in large prosperous cities and their suburbs? The research encompasses the party at all levels: its governing priorities and actions; its organization and leadership in Washington, state capitals, and major cities; and its racially and economically diverse voter base.