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Jesse Barker Gale / Flinders University

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Jesse Barker Gale is a PhD candidate in American Studies at Flinders University’s School of History and International Relations.

Articles by Jesse

Republicans look like hollow men

It is difficult to know how much sympathy to have for the establishment Republicans that enabled Trump, writes Jesse Barker Gale.

Presidential debates are an exercise in masochism

The debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump has been touted as one of the most highly anticipated political showdowns in US history, but it is really just a supreme show of fakery, writes Jesse Barker Gale.

Independent Evan McMullin is running as the conservative alternative to Trump. Photo: AP

Three’s a crowd in US election race

The 2016 United States presidential election is one for the history books, but probably not for the reason you’re thinking.

Silver lining in Republican storm clouds

Amid the frantic hand-wringing and the palpable sense of alarm among establishment Republicans, there is a persistent, if dim, flicker of hope over the direction of the 2016 Presidential election.

Trump unleashed, but it’s still the Republicans running for cover

The official presidential election campaign has barely started and already Republican nominee Donald Trump and his campaign have put more feet wrong than a centipede doing the two-step, writes Jesse Barker Gale.