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Henry Olsen, a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, studies and provides commentary on American politics. His work focuses on how to address, consistent with conservative principles, the electoral challenges facing modern American conservatism.
This work is the basis of his book The Working Class Republican: Ronald Reagan and the Return of Blue-Collar Conservatism, published in June 2017.
Mr. Olsen has worked in senior executive positions at many center-right think tanks. He most recently served from 2006 to 2013 as Vice President and Director, National Research Initiative, at the American Enterprise Institute. He previously worked as Vice President of Programs at the Manhattan Institute and President of the Commonwealth Foundation.
Mr. Olsen’s work has been featured in many prominent publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, National Review, and The Weekly Standard. His pre-election predictions of the 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2014 elections were particularly praised for their remarkable accuracy. In the 2016 campaign, he accurately identified the factors fueling the rise of Donald Trump early in the race, and his election eve predictions were more accurate than those of virtually any other major analyst or commentator.
Mr. Olsen started his career as a political consultant at the California firm of Hoffenblum-Mollrich. He then worked with the California State Assembly Republican Caucus before attending law school. He served as a law clerk to the Honorable Danny J. Boggs on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and as an associate at Dechert, Price & Rhoads. He has a B.A. from Claremont McKenna College and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School, where he served as Comment Editor for the University of Chicago Law Review.
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PUBLICATIONS
Reagan Had a More Nuanced View of Constitution than Many Fellow Conservatives
Published in Philadelphia Inquirer on September 11, 2017
Forget Left v Right; it’s Ins v Outs
Published in UnHerd on September 6, 2017
Atomic Bluff?
Published in World Magazine on August 17, 2017
Party Lines Crossed
Published in World Magazine on August 4, 2017
Today’s GOP Isn’t Living up to Ronald Reagan’s Principles
Published in MarketWatch on July 10, 2017
Friends in Adversity
Published in World Magazine on July 1, 2017
Book Excerpt: Ronald Reagan Was a New Deal Conservative
Published in The American Conservative on June 28, 2017
How the Right Gets Reagan Wrong
Published in Politico on June 26, 2017
Here’s How Ronald Reagan Would Fix the GOP’s Health-Care Mess
Published in Washington Post on June 23, 2017
Tax Reform for the Working Class
Published in National Review - May 15, 2017 issue on May 15, 2017
No, Hillary — the Main Reason You Lost is … You
Published in New York Post on May 4, 2017
This Failure May Doom Trump’s Presidency Before it Really Begins
Published in Washington Post on April 27, 2017
GOP Priorities Don’t Resonate With Voters on Healthcare
Published in American Greatness on March 21, 2017
The Democrats’ Stance on Immigration Will Lead to Electoral Disaster
Published in Los Angeles Times on March 16, 2017
Trump’s Election is the Last, Best Hope to Re-Reaganize the GOP
Published in Washington Post on February 5, 2017
Obama’s Young Garden
Published in National Review - January 23, 2017 issue on January 19, 2017
Can the Republican Party Keep Trump Democrats?
Published in National Review - December 5, 2016 issue on November 21, 2016
For Trump Voters, There is No Left or Right
Published in Washington Post on November 18, 2016
Behind Hillary’s Defeat: Her Pathetic Appeal to Undecided Voters
Published in New York Post on November 14, 2016
Why I Disagree with Most National Polls: My 2016 Final Predictions
Published in National Review Online on November 7, 2016
Trump’s Faction
Published in National Review - May 9, 2016 issue on May 11, 2016
Does a Conservative Reformation Loom on the Horizon?
Published in National Review - March 28, 2016 issue on April 2, 2016
The Right to ‘Mobocracy’
Published in The Wall Street Journal on March 20, 2016
Super Tuesday Will Determine Whether Trump Can Be Stopped
Published in New York Post on February 28, 2016
An Agenda to Court Trump Supporters
Published in RealClearPolicy on February 23, 2016
How ‘The Stupid Party’ Earned Its Name
Published in The Weekly Standard on January 26, 2016
To Attract Disillusioned Voters, the GOP Must Understand Their Concerns
Published in National Review - January 25, 2016 issue on January 14, 2016
Finding Iowa’s Cyclone
Published in National Review Online on January 19, 2016
Iowa Isn’t Over: It Has Barely Begun
Published in National Review Online on January 19, 2016
A New Homestead Act—To Jump Start the U.S. Economy
Published in The National Interest - January/February 2016 issue on December 15, 2015
Interview with Henry Olsen: How You Win a GOP Primary
Published in Washington Post on December 9, 2015
The Polls May Be Underestimating Trump’s Support
Published in The Atlantic on December 9, 2015
A Deep Dive into Trump’s Poll Numbers Shows Most Pundits Get Him Wrong
Published in National Review - September 7, 2015 issue on August 24, 2015
Walker, Rubio Health Plans Renew Reaganism for Our Age
Published in RealClearPolitics on August 19, 2015
Why Kasich Matters (and Could Win)
Published in National Review Online on June 23, 2015
Jeb Bush, Vanilla Conservative
Published in National Review Online on June 17, 2015
Scott Walker’s Tax Populism
Published in National Review - June 1, 2015 issue on May 28, 2015
Getting No Respect: Blue-Collar Voters
Published in Quadrant Magazine (Australia) -- April 2015 issue on April 7, 2015
Elite Convergence
Published in National Review - April 6, 2015 issue on April 10, 2015
Whose Republicans?
Published in The American Interest - March/April 2015 issue on February 3, 2015
The Submerging Democratic Majority
Published in National Review Online on February 7, 2015
Jeb’s Prospects
Published in National Review - January 26, 2015 issue on January 23, 2015
The GOP’s Entitlement Challenge
Published in The National Interest, January/February 2015 issue on December 17, 2014
A Victory to Last
Published in National Review - December 8, 2014 issue on November 8, 2014
Best Shot for GOP in 2016? Look to the Governors
Published in New York Post on November 16, 2014
The Election and What It Means
Published in National Review Online on November 3, 2014
Voters Aren’t Buying
Published in The Weekly Standard on October 30, 2014
If Ronald Reagan Were Alive Today…
Published in Commentary Magazine on October 27, 2014
Forget the Alamo
Published in National Review on October 20, 2014
Why Sweden’s Election Matters for American Conservatives
Published in National Review Online on September 15, 2014
New RNC Rules Stymie Conservatives in the Primaries
Published in National Review Online on September 3, 2014
The Hispanic-Evangelical Vote
Published in National Review on July 1, 2014
The Real Reason Chris McDaniel Won?
Published in National Review Online on June 5, 2014
McConnell Shrugged; Reagan Smiled
Published in National Review Online on May 28, 2014
The Four Faces of the Republican Party
Published in The National Interest, March-April 2014 issue on February 25, 2014
Conservatism for the People
Published in National Affairs on January 1, 2014
Shedding the Green Eyeshades
Published in First Things on December 3, 2013
“Shaping Our Nation”
Published in The Washington Times on November 3, 2013
The Christie Challenge
Published in National Review Online on November 6, 2013
Setting the Record Straight About the White Working Class
Published in The American on October 17, 2013
Food (Stamps) for Thought
Published in National Review Online on September 19, 2013
Ensuring Choice and Universal Coverage
Published in National Review Online on August 6, 2013
Rand Paul’s Party
Published in National Review on July 1, 2013
New Century, New Deal
Published in American Enterprise Institute on April 4, 2013
Harvest Deficit Reductions From the Farm Bill
Published in The Washington Examiner on December 23, 2012
What Voters Want: A Prez Who Cares
Published in New York Post on November 9, 2012
Twilight or Breaking Dawn?
Published in National Review Online on November 5, 2012
Early Ohio Numbers Promising for Romney
Published in American Enterprise Institute on November 1, 2012
Open your heart, Mitt
Published in National Review Online on October 3, 2012
Romney’s Drift From the True Heart of Conservatism
Published in The Washington Post on September 19, 2012
A Better Way to Cast a Ballot
Published in The Wall Street Journal on August 13, 2012
Why Medicare’s Failure Matters
Published in American Enterprise Institute on April 23, 2012
Over But Not Out
Published in National Review Online