While President Donald Trump relentlessly claims credit for the strengthening economy, the nation’s economic growth is being driven overwhelmingly by the places that are most resistant to him. Counties that voted for Hillary Clinton against Trump in 2016 accounted for nearly three-fourths of the nation’s increased economic output and almost […] Read more »
Why Asking About Citizenship Could Make the Census Less Accurate
It’s a question that used to be on the national census every decade: whether you were a citizen of the United States. But the Justice Department’s request to return it to the 2020 census for all respondents has unsettled demographic experts as well as advocates of voting rights and immigrants, […] Read more »
Trump’s First Year: College Towns
… Since the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump’s struggles to win over younger voters have been well documented. If there is surprise about the president’s 35 percent approval in “college town” counties at the end of 2017, it may be that the number isn’t lower. CONT. Dante Chinni, American Communities […] Read more »
Trump’s First Year: The Exurbs
At the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump’s inauguration, the American Communities Project is using 2017 data from Gallup to analyze how different kinds of communities have viewed the president’s job performance. Where are his strengths and weaknesses as year two begins? CONT. Dante Chinni, American Communities Project Read more »
Alarm at Proposal to Ask About Citizenship Status in Census
A request by the Justice Department to ask people about their citizenship status in the 2020 census is stirring a broad backlash from census experts and others who say the move could wreck chances for an accurate count of the population — and, by extension, a fair redistricting of the […] Read more »
White voters are moving to the South — and making it more Democratic
One of the biggest U.S. political stories of 2017 was the boost that the Democratic Party got in elections across the country, widely interpreted as part of a backlash against the Trump presidency. And much of the party’s success came where few expected it — in the South. … These […] Read more »