Is the “silent majority” ready to roar again? Donald Trump thinks so. At his big rally in Phoenix recently, the bombastic businessman insisted: “The ‘silent majority’ is back, and we are going to take the country back.” Trump’s future in the GOP presidential race is uncertain after his churlish attacks […] Read more »
Republicans Stand Against Cuba Change Despite Public Opinion Shift
… Once a community known for standing in solidarity in support of the trade embargo, steering U.S. policy toward Cuba, the Cuban-Americans of Miami-Dade are showing rifts in their political views. … The changing Cuban-American demographic may serve as a window into the group’s changing opinions. The number of Cuban-Americans […] Read more »
Stop laughing at Donald Trump
He may not have a shot at becoming president, but Donald Trump has already succeeded in uniting America — one nation, awash in snark. … But writing Trump off is dangerous. The billionaire may play the buffoon, but he is an important one — one whom Americans appear to adore. […] Read more »
Voters Were Just As Diverse In 2014 As They Were In 2008
As the United States becomes more diverse, Republicans are supposedly going to suffer. Nothing encapsulated this theory more than President Obama’s 2008 election, powered by nonwhite voters — mainly Hispanics, black people and Asians. In politics, “demographics are destiny,” as the saying goes. But that’s not right, as I have […] Read more »
African American Voters: The Overlooked Key To 2016
Many analysts have devoted endless hours to pondering the Republican Party’s woes with Latino voters and prescriptions for how the party can fix them in time for 2016. … But while Latinos are no doubt an important persuasion target for the GOP, they may not be the minority group most […] Read more »
2016 Voters, by the Numbers
… Looking at the race through a historical lens, the odds would seem stacked against Hillary Clinton (assuming that she is the Democratic nominee). In the post-World War II era, only six times has one party held the presidency for two consecutive terms, and only once has that party kept […] Read more »