… Even the most ardent critics of the cohort theory will admit that a person’s views of the presidential administration he or she grew up with will shape their political views going forward. The real question is whether or not the Millennials have a a large enough portion of the [...] Read more »
Skepticism About the Census Voter Turnout Finding
The Census Bureau made big news last week when it reported that the black voter turnout rate (66.2%) exceeded the white voter turnout rate (64.1%) for the first time ever in 2012. But a closer look at the numbers raises some intriguing questions. It’s possible that the lines may have [...] Read more »
Blacks Voted at a Higher Rate than Whites in 2012 Election — A First
About two in three eligible blacks (66.2 percent) voted in the 2012 presidential election, higher than the 64.1 percent of non-Hispanic whites who did so, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released today. This marks the first time that blacks have voted at a higher rate than whites since [...] Read more »
The New Census Data that Should Terrify Republicans
… Today, the Census released the November 2012 Current Population Survey (CPS) Voting and Registration Supplement, which is based on interviews with hundreds of thousands of residents. … It demonstrates that, in the debate about the GOP’s future in an increasingly diverse America, both sides are right, to a certain [...] Read more »
Blacks Made History Surpassing White Voter Turnout Rates
Almost two in three eligible blacks cast ballots in the 2012 U.S. presidential election, marking the first time they had a higher voter participation rate than non-Hispanic whites, a U.S. Census Bureau analysis released today shows. Boosted by an effort to re-elect President Barack Obama, blacks were the only racial [...] Read more »
A new GOP bill would prevent the government from collecting economic data
In what’s becoming a biennial tradition, another House Republican wants to cut the Census down to size. Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) is rolling out the Census Reform Act this week, having formally introduced it April 18. … The bill states that the Census Bureau “may only conduct the decennial census of [...] Read more »
Second-Generation Americans: A Portrait of the Adult Children of Immigrants
Second-generation Americans—the 20 million adult U.S.-born children of immigrants—are substantially better off than immigrants themselves on key measures of socioeconomic attainment, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. They have higher incomes; more are college graduates and homeowners; and fewer live in poverty. In [...] Read more »
Census Bureau considers cost-saving measures
The Census Bureau is studying ways to run a more cost-effective census in 2020, anticipating that a repeat of its 2010 data-collection efforts would lead to unsustainable costs. The options include using online surveys, increasing use of federal administrative records to compile data, using a more targeted approach to address [...] Read more »
Counting the Seasonal Surges
… Typical population counts are based on assuming that each American has one place of residence — an assumption that is becoming increasingly problematic, researchers say, as more people travel for work, own second homes or otherwise split time among two or more places. … The Census Bureau faces obstacles [...] Read more »
Census Race and Hispanic Origin Alternative Questionnaire Research
The U.S. Census Bureau released research today from its 2010 Census Race and Hispanic Origin Alternative Questionnaire Experiment, which provides a comparison of different census questionnaire design strategies for collecting census data on race and Hispanic origin. [cont.] U.S. Census Bureau Read more »