Jay Cost is an American conservative political historian, journalist, and elections analyst,[2] who writes for The Weekly Standard and National Review. Cost previously wrote "HorseRaceBlog" at RealClearPolitics.[3] Cost has written widely on the Founding and civic virtues, political parties, and the influence of big business in American politics, and is the author of the upcoming The Price of Greatness: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the Creation of American Oligarchy as well as the earlier A Republic No More and Spoiled Rotten.
Jay Cost | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Virginia (BA) University of Chicago (MA, PhD) |
| Occupation(s) | Political pundit, blogger |
| Employer(s) | The Weekly Standard, National Review |
| Political party | Republican (before 2016) Independent (2016–present)[1] |
| Website | The Weekly Standard |
Personal life and education
editCost received a B.A. in Government from the University of Virginia, as well as an M.A. and Ph.D in political science from the University of Chicago.[4] Cost served in the past as a part-time professor at Robert Morris University and Grove City College.[5]
Career
editIn 2005, while working on his dissertation at the University of Chicago, Cost joined the staff of RealClearPolitics. Cost became a writer for The Weekly Standard in 2010.[3] Although his education background is in political science, Cost claims that he has come to rely more on his reading of the history of American elections than on political science and public opinion polling.[6] In 2012 Cost released a book, Spoiled Rotten: How the Politics of Patronage Corrupted the Once Noble Democratic Party and Now Threatens the American Republic, in which Cost argued that the Democratic Party has been taken over by interest groups.[7][8][9][10][11] Barack Obama ultimately won the election, and PPP's Tom Jensen and New York Magazine's Jonathan Chait criticized Cost's skepticism of the polls.[12][13] He left the Republican Party in 2016 when the party refused to prevent Donald Trump from obtaining the nomination at the convention.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Ep. 49: Identity Politics Yahtzee". 2018-07-10. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
- ^ Frederick, Don; Andrew Malcolm (9 March 2008). "The only sure bet: A senator will win". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ^ a b Cost, Jay (31 August 2010). "Farewell!". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ^ "Jay Cost". Amazon. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ "Jay P. Cost". Robert Morris University. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ^ Foster, Daniel (5 November 2012). "Chomsky on Nate Silver and Jay Cost". National Review Online. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ^ "Have Democrats Lost Sight of Their Founding Principle?". PBS. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ^ Cost, Jay (19 April 2012). "Morning Jay: Obama the Underdog". The Weekly Standard. Archived from the original on April 20, 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ^ Cost, Jay (20 July 2012). "Morning Jay: Are the Polls Skewed Toward Obama?". The Weekly Standard. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ^ Cost, Jay (8 August 2012). "Weekly Standard: It's Romney's Race To Win". NPR. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ^ Plumer, Brad (5 November 2012). "Pundit accountability: The official 2012 election prediction thread". Washington Post. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ^ Zengerle, Jason (7 November 2012). "The Polls Ultimately Ended Up Making Sense – But Next Time, Who Knows?". New York Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ^ Chait, Jonathan (17 April 2014). "Why the New Data Journalism Really is Partisan". New York Magazine. Retrieved 5 May 2014.