Americans increasingly see important issues through a deeply polarized lens. While most Americans now self-identify as independents, vital public policy and previously normal political discourse is now caught up in partisan warfare that every day tears us further apart. … As political veterans who come from opposite sides of the […] Read more »
No Wonder America Is Divided. We Can’t Even Agree on What Our Values Mean
These days, it feels like any group of three or more Americans talking politics can’t make it past the first minute before the animosity and cynicism boils over and derails the conversation. Too many of us are too angry to listen, to learn or — God forbid — to work […] 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 »
Should you worry about American democracy? Here’s what our new poll finds.
In just two weeks, Americans will vote in a midterm election that may well decide what party controls Congress and the legislative agenda for the next two years. But as Americans head into this democratic exercise, some observers wonder whether the country has become dissatisfied with democracy. Young Americans seem […] Read more »
What Happened to Center-Right America?
Ten years ago, during the 2008 election campaign, a number of prominent commentators, including Jon Meacham and Karl Rove, repeated the claim that America is a “center-right country.” That view was plausible when George W. Bush was still president, but since then the center right has lost ground even within […] Read more »
The Democrats’ Left Turn Is Not an Illusion
Over the past 18 years, the Democratic electorate has moved steadily to the left, as liberals have displaced moderates. Self-identified liberals of all races and ethnicities now command a majority in the party, raising the possibility that views once confined mainly to the party elite have spread into the rank […] Read more »