Changes to the Affordable Care Act that shift from subsidies to tax credits could impact one group more than any other: Trump voters Meet the Press, NBC News Read more »
There Really Was A Liberal Media Bubble
Last summer, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union in what bettors, financial markets and the London-based media regarded as a colossal upset. Reporters and pundits were quick to blame the polls for the unexpected result. But the polls had been fine, more or less: In the closing […] Read more »
Trump Supporters Have the Most to Lose in the G.O.P. Repeal Bill
The people who stand to lose the most in tax credits under the House Republican health plan tended to support Donald J. Trump over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election, according to a new Upshot analysis. … The plan would hit older and rural Americans hardest because it wouldn’t provide […] Read more »
Donald Trump’s Political Stew
… The 2016 election and its aftermath have produced turmoil on the right while once again forcing into public view worrisome long-term trends in the Democratic electorate. … One of the mainstays of Democratic optimism is the conviction that a growing body of young voters — more liberal than their […] Read more »
Study: Breitbart-led right-wing media ecosystem altered broader media agenda
… Our own study of over 1.25 million stories published online between April 1, 2015 and Election Day shows that a right-wing media network anchored around Breitbart developed as a distinct and insulated media system, using social media as a backbone to transmit a hyper-partisan perspective to the world. This […] Read more »
Can Millennials Save the Democratic Party?
Facing a bleak electoral landscape after 2016, the brightest spot for Democrats may be President Trump’s continued weakness with members of the Millennial generation—who are poised to surpass the more Republican-leaning baby boomers in 2020 as the largest generation of eligible voters. Polls early in his presidency consistently show Trump […] Read more »