… It is no secret that young voters tilt left on social issues like immigration and gay rights. But these students, and dozens of other young people interviewed here last week, give voice to a trend that is surprising pollsters and jangling the nerves of Republicans. On a central philosophical […] Read more »
Youth Vote Could Seal GOP’s Minority Status
We may well be at a political tipping point that could mark a dramatic change in American politics. After decades of Democratic Party dominance that began with the formation of the New Deal coalition, Ronald Reagan ushered in an era of relative party parity. But a deep fracture in the […] Read more »
Democrats Racially Diverse; Republicans Mostly White
Non-Hispanic whites accounted for 89% of Republican self-identifiers nationwide in 2012, while accounting for 70% of independents and 60% of Democrats. On the other hand, relatively few Hispanics and blacks identified as Republicans, while both of these groups represented a significantly higher percentage of independents and Democrats nationwide. [cont.] Frank […] Read more »
Why Understanding the Gun Control Debate Means Understanding Demographics
To understand the peculiar politics of passing gun reform legislation, it’s important to understand the link between gun ownership and demography and the increasingly important role that demography plays in voting behavior. [cont.] Amy Walter, Cook Political Report Recent polls: Guns Read more »
Obama’s Confrontation with Conservative Whites
… Obama may not be simply catering to the “coalition of the ascendant” and more to, well, a larger majority of Americans. Let’s take the issues [Ron] Brownstein cites: [cont.] John Sides, George Washington U. (The Monkey Cage) Read more »
With New Support Base, Obama Doesn’t Need Right-Leaning Whites Anymore
With his suddenly aggressive second-term agenda, President Obama is recasting the Democratic Party around the priorities of the growing coalition that reelected him—and, in the process, reshaping the debate with the GOP in ways that will reverberate through 2016 and beyond. … For decades, liberal political strategists have asked how […] Read more »