In 2008, the Democrats made a great effort among African-American voters, and they did increase their turnout considerably, and among Latino voters.

If you stimulate the economy by means of a tax cut, the people that you tend to be benefiting are the better off.

They have two aspects. One is that they're unpredictable, and that often rich and more affluent households are slow to spend the funds. The other thing about tax cuts is that they're redistributive. So they tend, naturally, to benefit those who pay tax.

Historically, when times are bad, voters, especially in the Industrial Midwest, have turned to the Democrats.

Almost all of us have wondered at one point or another about the taxes we pay: Where does the money go?

What I think the appeal of the [Donald] Trump program has been is that it offers some kind of concrete, specific, historically rooted, a familiar image of how ordinary Americans, regular Americans can earn their living.

There's no doubt that [tax cuts] act as a stimulus. How could they not, in a sense? You're giving cash back to households.