Asian Americans are the fastest growing racial group in the country, and the group exhibited record levels of turnout in 2018 for midterm elections. Enthusiasm levels are high as we approach the November 2020 Presidential elections as well. Asian Americans constitute a critical mass in several competitive states, including Arizona, […] Read more »
Asian Americans’ political preferences have flipped from red to blue
Asian American voters leave a Temple City, California, polling place in 2012, in the state’s first legislative district that is majority Asian American. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images John A. Tures, LaGrange College Asian Americans used to be a reliable Republican voting bloc. But long before Kamala Harris, who […] Read more »
Perceptions of White-Black Relations Sink to New Low
Americans’ already tepid review of relations between White and Black Americans has soured since 2018 and is now the most negative of any year in Gallup’s trend since 2001. The majority of U.S. adults say relations between White and Black Americans are very (24%) or somewhat bad (31%), while less […] Read more »
As Nation Reckons With Race, Poll Finds White Americans Least Engaged
… As the nation navigates its most consequential racial justice movement in a half-century, some people have responded to the calls for action to remedy the country’s racist past and present by protesting in the streets or doing something as simple as reading a book about race. But a new […] Read more »
New Low 35% in U.S. Satisfied With Treatment of Black People
As protests and conversations about racial injustice in U.S. society continue across the country, Americans’ satisfaction with the treatment of Black people in the U.S. has hit its lowest point in Gallup’s trend dating back to 2001. Currently, 35% of U.S. adults overall are satisfied with the treatment of Black […] Read more »
The Kamala Harris pick isn’t about 2020. It’s about the future.
Former Vice President Joe Biden’s selection of Sen. Kamala Harris as his vice presidential nominee is historic. If the ticket is elected in the fall, the California Democrat will be the first woman, Black woman and Indian American to become vice president. The impact of Harris on the election result, […] Read more »