Donald Trump speaks at a December 2015 campaign stop at Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Photo Credit: Matt A.J./Flickr

Christopher Beem, managing director of the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State, was quoted in a recent Philadelphia Inquire political column about the 2016 presidential election. Here’s an excerpt:

“Trump lugged around more negatives than Clinton. Didn’t matter. He’s untested in governing and public service. Apparently, that was a plus.

“But there is the issue of running the country.

“And when I asked Christopher Beem, who runs Penn State’s McCourtney Institute of Democracy, how Trump might do that, here’s what he said: ‘God only knows. It’s a complete crapshoot. . . . It’s like a guy who’s got a Swiss watch that’s not working right. You maybe can open it up. But how do you make it work better?’

“I guess that (and so much more) just remains to be seen.”

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