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The Trump Coalition in Historical Context, from Country Club to Cracker BarrelThe Republican voter base has been rebuilt before, in 1896, 1932 and 1980. Here is where the Trump-era coalition fits in that pattern, and where it is strained.The 2016 Republican Primary and How a Field of Seventeen Became OneThe largest field in party history was cut to one nominee in five months. The rules, the debates and the math explain how, and what it means for the next race.Theodore Roosevelt and the 1902 Coal Strike That Gave Us the Square DealA five-month strike threatened a northern winter without heat, and a Republican President chose to referee instead of picking a side. Here is what happened.How Donald Trump won the three states Republicans had lost for a generationIn 2016 Trump carried Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin by a combined 77,744 votes. Here is how the map was won and what it means for a Republican coalition.