Chuck Todd explains how the 2014 elections can be seen as a battle between rural “Chick-Fil-A country” vs. urban “Starbucks country.” Meet the Press Read more »
Blaming Gerrymandering Has Its Limits, as Pennsylvania Shows
There is no question that Republicans have a huge advantage in the House. But there is a big debate about whether it’s because of partisan gerrymandering or because Democrats are gerrymandering themselves into urban, heavily Democratic districts. One reason the debate continues, despite a near consensus among political scientists, is […] Read more »
Why Democrats Can’t Win
Republicans and Democrats are struggling for control of the Senate in this November’s midterm elections. But there is no real fight for control of the House of Representatives. The Republicans are all but assured of retaining control of the House, despite last fall’s unpopular government shutdown and the party’s dismal […] Read more »
Where Liberals and Conservatives Are Moving
The American electorate is not a stationary thing – voters move. And data suggest that as people move, the country’s fastest growing big counties are becoming more politically liberal, particularly in big metro areas in important swing states such as Colorado and North Carolina. The political impacts of moving populations […] Read more »
Migration Isn’t Turning Red States Blue
Last week, The New York Times’s Robert Gebeloff and David Leonhardt published an article, “The Growing Blue-State Diaspora,” which made the case that transplants from blue states are making red states purple. “This pattern has played an important role in helping the Democratic Party win the last two presidential elections […] Read more »
Overall, Americans in the Suburbs Are Still the Happiest
City centers and downtowns across the United States may very well be in the midst of a comeback or a renaissance, be reaching a moment of triumph or successfully transforming themselves into magnets for millennials and retiring boomers. But according to the new Atlantic Media/Siemens State of the City Poll, […] Read more »