Days before the 2018 midterm elections, a wide-ranging new survey from PRRI finds that partisans see two entirely different American futures. The survey shows Republicans’ vision for the country’s future is increasingly distant from the vision largely shared by Democrats and independents. And in the religious landscape, white evangelicals’ vision […] Read more »
No One Really Knows What Americans Think About Abortion
… Abortion is such a complex and sensitive issue that few polls accurately capture how Americans really feel about abortion, but many easily manipulate the answers to support their cause. BuzzFeed News analyzed 14 polls on the public’s opinion on abortion from the past four years conducted by a range […] Read more »
Making Sense of Midterm-Mania
Is 2018 really “The Year of Women”? Does early voting turnout matter? Is this the most important election of our lifetime? Bob speaks with Clare Malone, senior political writer for FiveThirtyEight, who breaks down the numbers, myths, and exaggerations making their way into the national conversation ahead of the midterms. […] Read more »
What If Only Men Voted? Only Women? Only Nonwhite Voters?
Imagine if only one group of Americans cast their ballots this November. What would happen to the electoral map? We’ve conducted this kind of thought experiment before; it can help shed light on why the parties are hoping that certain groups — such as suburban women for Democrats, white working […] Read more »
Deep gender divide over Trump could influence the 2018 midterms, poll says
Men and women continue to be deeply divided on President Donald Trump’s job performance in the final weeks of the 2018 midterms, according to the latest national survey from the PBS NewsHour, NPR and Marist — a gap that could influence key races widely seen as a referendum on the […] Read more »
People Are Changing Their Views On Race And Gender Issues To Match Their Party
… A huge body of research has shown that voters were more divided by race and gender views in the 2016 election than they were in previous elections. But it turns out that rather than voters supporting the party that best represents their views about race and gender, the effect […] Read more »