Ninety-four percent of U.S. adults now approve of marriages between Black people and White people, up from 87% in the prior reading from 2013. The current figure marks a new high in Gallup’s trend, which spans more than six decades. Just 4% approved when Gallup first asked the question in […] Read more »
UT/Texas Politics Project poll finds Texans dour and deeply divided
The latest University of Texas/Texas Politics Project poll finds Texans in a dour mood colored by a resurgent COVID-19 virus, an economy recovering yet roiled by its impact, and state politics driven by increasingly entrenched and in many instances extreme partisanship, which is being accentuated by the Republican monopoly on […] Read more »
How Strong Is America’s Multiracial Democracy?
The issue cutting across every aspect of American politics today is whether — and how — the nation can survive as a multiracial democracy. One key question is what the political impact has been of the decades-long quest to integrate America’s schools. A study published last year, “The Long-Run Effects […] Read more »
When Will Biden Join the Fight for Voting Rights?
Don’t look now, but the Senate is quietly becoming what it used to be: an institution ruled by a simple majority. At least, for certain kinds of legislation. Despite his institutionalist reputation, President Biden is on track to become the most productive Democratic president in a generation, not because he […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: High concern about crime and illegal immigration, two of Biden’s weak spots
As violent crime continues to rise in cities across America and the surge of migrants at the southern border shows no sign of slowing, the latest Fox News Poll finds majorities concerned about these issues. Not coincidentally, majorities disapprove of President Biden on these same issues. The poll, released Thursday, […] Read more »
Deep Divisions in Americans’ Views of Nation’s Racial History – and How To Address It
A little more than a year after nationwide protests erupted after George Floyd’s murder at the hands of the Minneapolis police, the public is deeply divided over how far the nation has progressed in addressing racial inequality – and how much further it needs to go. Opinion on the current […] Read more »