The Census Bureau made big news last week when it reported that the black voter turnout rate (66.2%) exceeded the white voter turnout rate (64.1%) for the first time ever in 2012. But a closer look at the numbers raises some intriguing questions. It’s possible that the lines may have […] Read more »
Crunching The Numbers On Blacks’ Views On Gays
… “How do you measure ‘virulent’ homophobia versus ‘regular’ homophobia?” mused Greg Lewis, a political scientist at Georgia State University who has published several studies on the views of blacks and whites on homosexuality. I chatted with Lewis today about what the polls might tell us about black views on […] Read more »
Obama’s Victory Wasn’t Thanks to Black Turnout
After decades dreaming of high black turnout, Democrats finally got their wish in the last two elections, with obvious results. President Barack Obama overcame a strong Republican performance among white voters last November, and Monday, an analysis by William Frey, a demographer at Brookings, found that black turnout actually exceeded […] Read more »
Wealth Gap Among Races Widened Since Recession
Millions of Americans suffered a loss of wealth during the recession and the sluggish recovery that followed. But the last half-decade has proved far worse for black and Hispanic families than for white families, starkly widening the already large gulf in wealth between white Americans and most minority groups, according […] Read more »
In a First, Black Voter Turnout Rate Passes Whites
America’s blacks voted at a higher rate than other minority groups in 2012 and by most measures surpassed the white turnout for the first time, reflecting a deeply polarized presidential election in which blacks strongly supported Barack Obama while many whites stayed home. Had people voted last November at the […] Read more »
Republicans Admit They Have Problems, But Can They Fix Them?
They say that the first step in recovery is admitting you have a problem. The RNC, with the release of their 100 page critical examination of their failures in the 2012 election, has taken that big step. … However, identifying a problem is one thing. Fixing it is another. Even […] Read more »