Congress Should Act to Protect Same-Sex Marriage Nationwide, Most Voters Say

A solid majority of voters are on board with Democratic-led efforts to codify gay and lesbian couples’ right to get married in any U.S. state, according to a new Morning Consult/Politico survey. In the July 22-24 survey, 58% of voters support congressional passage of a federal law to protect the […] Read more »

Are Latinos Really Realigning Toward Republicans?

Once the backbone of the Democratic base, working-class white voters have been migrating toward the Republican Party since the 1960s, largely out of alienation from the Democrats’ liberal stands on cultural and racial issues. Half a century later, those working-class white voters—usually defined as having less than a four-year college […] Read more »

Approval of the Supreme Court at new lows; strong partisan differences over abortion, gun rights

A new Marquette Law School Poll national survey finds approval of the U.S. Supreme Court has fallen to 38%, while 61% disapprove of how the Court is handling its job. In May, 44% approved and 55% disapproved, and in March, 54% approved and 45% disapproved. … Over the past three […] Read more »

White Americans see an increase in discrimination against other white people and less against other racial groups

Polling suggests that white and Black Americans are coming from different positions on discrimination. DigitalVision Vector/Getty Images Stella Rouse, University of Maryland and Shibley Telhami, University of Maryland Despite largely holding the political, economic and social levers of power, nearly a third of white Americans say they have seen “a […] Read more »