Sean Trende is the senior elections analyst for RealClearPolitics and a nonresident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he works on elections, American political trends, voting patterns and demographics. He is the author of The Lost Majority: Why the Future of Government Is Up for Grabs and Who Will Take It, and co-authored the Almanac of American Politics 2014. Before becoming a full-time political analyst, Trende practiced law for eight years at Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Hunton & Williams LLP, where he represented clients in a variety of contexts, from state trial courts to the Supreme Court of the United States. Trende earned a juris doctorate from Duke University, a master’s degree in political science from Duke University, and a bachelor’s degree from Yale University.