Even casual observers of American politics recognize that whites comprise a declining share of the electorate. Most of the ink spilled over this phenomenon has focused on Hispanics and African-Americans, who are critical elements of this segment but not the whole of it. After the 2012 elections, I drew attention […] Read more »
Modern Immigration Wave Brings 59 Million to U.S., Driving Population Growth and Change Through 2065
Fifty years after passage of the landmark law that rewrote U.S. immigration policy, nearly 59 million immigrants have arrived in the United States, pushing the country’s foreign-born share to a near record 14%. For the past half-century, these modern-era immigrants and their descendants have accounted for just over half the […] Read more »
Will Trump’s view on immigration hurt the GOP? Maybe not.
A recent Monkey Cage post by Patrick J. Egan claimed that the Republican Party is hurt by Donald Trump’s immigration policies. But the post presented polling data only on the policy question of what to do with illegal immigrants already in the United States and on the general question of […] Read more »
This chart explains how Trump’s stand on immigration is hurting the Republican Party
… As shown above, in every survey since 2006, approval of a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants has never dipped below 50 percent—and in many polls it’s been consistently much higher than that. … Heck, even a majority of Republicans favored immigration reform that would allow long-term undocumented immigrants […] Read more »
Americans’ Satisfaction With Way Blacks Treated Tumbles
Americans’ satisfaction with the way blacks are treated has declined to a new low in Gallup’s 15-year trend, now at 49%. This is a sharp drop from two years ago, when 62% were satisfied. Blacks, whites and Hispanics all show significant declines since 2013 in their satisfaction with the treatment […] Read more »
2016 Voters, by the Numbers
… Looking at the race through a historical lens, the odds would seem stacked against Hillary Clinton (assuming that she is the Democratic nominee). In the post-World War II era, only six times has one party held the presidency for two consecutive terms, and only once has that party kept […] Read more »