For both conservatives and liberals, the 2020 election feels like a pivotal moment in America’s long-running culture wars. That’s understandable, but mistaken. On the fundamental question of the culture war — how much Americans respect and want to preserve our core institutions — conservatives underestimate their strength. The biggest risk […] Read more »
A Look At Swing Voters Leading Up To The 2020 Election
More than one year out from the general election, there are many factors that could influence voters’ decisions to either vote for President Trump or the Democratic nominee or even stay home on November 3, 2020. These factors include the characteristics of the eventual Democratic nominee, views of President Trump, […] Read more »
White Liberals Have Moved to the Left of Black Voters
… For decades, African Americans have been an outsize segment of the Democratic base, all but defining the leftmost ideology of the party. Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, the Congressional Black Caucus et al. may have been to the left of the average black voter (depending on the state), but at […] Read more »
Why young white evangelicals aren’t likely to leave the Republican Party
In 2020, will white evangelical Christians stick with the Republican Party, where they’ve long been a reliable voting bloc? Evangelicals made up just over one-third of President Trump’s 2016 coalition, and have been among his most loyal supporters. At the same time, researchers and observers have been debating whether the […] Read more »
10 Years Of The Tea Party
NPR’s Leila Fadel speaks with Sarah Jones of New York magazine about the legacy of the Tea Party a decade after its inception. Weekend Edition Sunday, NPR News See also: The Tea Party Is Alive and Well (New York magazine) Read more »
Can We Guarantee That Colleges Are Intellectually Diverse?
According to some critics of higher education, as college students around the country head back to class, they will search in vain for classroom debate where all opinions are welcome. Conservative watchdog groups paint a dark, repressive picture. “The Evil Empire on Campus,” an online resource published by the organization […] Read more »