Newswise — Deborah Schildkraut, professor of political science, Tufts University School of Arts & Sciences. Contact Kalimah Knight: 617-627-4703 (work), [email protected]. Schildkraut specializes in understanding public opinion about political representation and how the impending loss of majority status affects political attitudes and behaviors of white Americans. She can discuss why many voters are attracted to presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump's rhetoric, including his proposed ban on Muslim immigration, and its implications on the election.