In 2016, an anonymous author described the battle between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton as the “Flight 93 election.” In dark, urgent terms, the article argued that a Hillary Clinton victory would change America so irrevocably that conservatives needed to think of themselves as the passengers on United Airlines Flight […] 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 »
More in U.S. Believe Protest Actions Can Aid Black Adults
U.S. adults are more likely today than three decades ago to view several forms of protest as potentially helpful for improving the situation of Black Americans. Since Gallup last polled on this subject in 1988, there have been meaningful increases in the percentages of Americans saying that nonviolent protest, violent […] Read more »
The flaw in Trump’s suburban strategy
Give President Trump this much: He has finally realized that the 2020 election will be lost and won in the suburbs. The question is whether his realization comes too late. In recent weeks, Trump claimed that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden wants to “abolish the suburbs,” tweeted that he would […] Read more »
A Look at Black Voters Nationally, and Within the Democratic Party
Our recent nationwide Battleground Tracker Poll fielded just before the Democratic Convention shows that 90% of Black likely voters nationwide plan to cast their ballot for Joe Biden. In this, Biden is doing better among Black voters than Hillary Clinton did at this point in the campaign four years ago. […] 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 »