American politics has entered uncharted territory with the 2016 election season driven by factors, including communications-tech advances, declining longevity rates among low-income whites in select areas and a candidate, Donald Trump, who’s seized on these trends and scoffs at the conventional rules of political decorum.
 
That was the message that Fox News political analyst Chris Stirewalt shared with 100-plus attendees at TRSA’s Leadership & Legislative Conference keynote address on March 16. He spoke at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, just outside Washington DC. Stirewalt’s talk served as the unofficial kickoff of the conference, a two-day ...