Gen Z is poised to massively expand its influence in the 2024 election. But its impact may be more complex than typically assumed. As many as 7 million to 9 million more members of the racially and culturally diverse Gen Z could cast ballots in 2024 than did in 2020, […] Read more »
Extremism is more bipartisan than Democrats want to believe
It’s obvious to us Democrats that the GOP is the party of extremists and extremism. … Republicans want to outlaw abortion; they’re willing to default on government debts already incurred; they believe children should be able to buy weapons of war; they reject efforts to combat the climate crisis. For […] Read more »
How one DeSantis speech captured the dynamic that could decide 2024
When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis delivered his initial speech as a declared presidential candidate in Iowa last week, his first 15 minutes succinctly previewed how Republicans might defeat President Joe Biden next year. The next 30 minutes of DeSantis’ speech then demonstrated how Biden might survive despite all the doubts […] Read more »
The data behind the Supreme Court’s shift to the right
The Supreme Court has long painted itself as a safe space, in a country dominated by political partisanship, where the law and the Constitution rule. But data from recent years puts some weight behind the critics who argue that the highest court in the land has taken on a more […] Read more »
Abortion Remains Key Issue for Voters, with Democrats Holding a Sizeable Edge over Republicans
Nine months ahead of the first presidential primary of the 2024 election season, many voters, especially women, say candidates’ views on abortion will again be a key issue, and Democrats hold a strong edge over Republicans on the issue, a new KFF Health Tracking Poll finds. Three in 10 registered […] Read more »
Why the GOP Wants to Rob Gen Z to Pay the Boomers
The budget cuts that House Republicans are demanding in their high-stakes debt-ceiling standoff with President Joe Biden sharpen the overlapping generational and racial conflict moving to the center of U.S. politics. The House GOP’s blueprint would focus its spending cuts on the relatively small slice of the federal budget that […] Read more »