Today Equis is releasing Part Two of a post-mortem on the Latino vote in the 2020 election. … In Part One, we attempted to document the nature and composition of the gains that Donald Trump made with a small subset of Hispanic voters. In the sequel, we use new research, […] Read more »
Why the 2022 midterms look like the opposite of 2018
What a difference four years makes in politics. At this point in 2017, Democrats were about to pull off a stunning Senate win against a very flawed opponent in the deeply red state of Alabama. It was one of many indications that Democrats were on their way to a big […] Read more »
Some Voters Are at Odds With Their Party on Abortion
Abortion is one of the most polarizing issues in Washington. Congressional Democrats and Republicans all but unanimously back their party’s view on abortion, and many highly engaged activists feel the same way. But the public’s view of abortion is far more complicated. Despite decades of partisan fighting, Americans are not […] Read more »
Public view on Biden’s handling of Covid and the economy takes another hit
Amid growing worries over Covid and the economy, President Joe Biden’s approval ratings in both areas took yet another hit while Americans’ preferences for congressional control swung sharply towards Republicans. Results in the CNBC All-America Economic survey imply potentially large Democratic losses in the November election. Biden’s overall approval rating […] Read more »
The disconnect that could take Democrats down
President Joe Biden must work harder to spread some holiday cheer now that we have a great deal of positive economic news to celebrate. The United States had the lowest weekly jobless claims in more than 52 years and wages are rising. Although inflation remains a real problem in certain […] Read more »
Hispanic Americans are no longer ‘minority voters’
Are Hispanic Americans assimilating into the white mainstream and voting accordingly? A new poll from the Wall Street Journal shows that Hispanics in the sample now divide their vote evenly between the two main parties. This comes on the heels of a gubernatorial exit poll showing Republican Virginia governor Glenn […] Read more »