The deepening gender gap in American voting, with men favoring the Republican Party and women favoring the Democrats, is well known, if not well understood. So what explains the presence of millions of men in the Democratic Party and millions of women in the Republican Party? What distinguishes these two […] Read more »
The Green-Energy Culture Wars in Red States
The battle over the nation’s energy future has become another front in the escalating cultural and political confrontation between what America has been and what it is becoming. The states that are most deeply integrated into the existing fossil-fuel economy, either as producers or as consumers, tend also to be […] Read more »
The Real Lesson for All Factions of the Democratic Party
… What are the lessons we should take from the 1992 Clinton campaign and his time in government if we want to help all factions contribute to rebuilding the national Democratic Party? First, you must keep listening to working people and know how difficult it is to stay on course. […] Read more »
Democrats Are Making Life Too Easy for Republicans
… The historical pattern of midterm contests suggests that a rejection of the party in power is the customary order of business. But the consequences of a Republican takeover of the House or of both branches of Congress are unlikely to be routine. What we can be sure of is […] Read more »
Washington DC may be politically polarized but most Americans are not
… During the 2020 election campaign, the American National Election Study, widely considered the gold standard of election surveys, asked 8,268 randomly selected American citizens about their ideological location on the liberal-conservative spectrum, a question they have posed since 1972. The seven response options ranged from extremely liberal to extremely […] Read more »
Poll: Hispanics aren’t flocking to the GOP, but Democrats still have problems
Heading into the 2022 midterm elections, Republicans have been riding a wave of positive press about their gains among Hispanic voters as Democrats fret about hemorrhaging support from the fast-growing demographic. But while Democrats clearly have a problem, the GOP’s growing support among Latinos is less dramatic than some headlines […] Read more »