Local Impacts of Populism: Traverse City, Michigan and the 2016 Election

• In Event: JSS SESSION: Discourse and Participation in Local Politics

Brief Overview

Drawing on ethnographic research of several populist groups in Traverse City, Michigan, I theorize that for populist supporters, national populist discourse serves as a lens to understand local political and interpersonal conflict.

Author

• Rachel Hyatt Meade, Brown University