… Sean Trende of RealClearPolitics makes the strongest case for a whiter Republican coalition. … Trende says the GOP should deepen its existing coalition by making additional gains among white voters, energizing the missing white voters, and counting on a decline in black support for the next Democratic candidate. … […] Read more »
National Survey of Hispanic Adults Finds Strong Support for Immigration Reform
Hispanic adults and voters strongly support immigration reform. Support for immigration reform is almost universal and fundamental. … Hispanic adults and registered voters give majority support to positions on border security, employment, legal status, enforcement and public assistance that would be supported by a majority of House Republicans. [cont.] McLaughlin […] Read more »
Davis for governor of Texas? Don’t mess with it, Wendy
There seems to be an inherent human belief that, given sufficient audience, anyone can convince a majority of almost any position. It’s the reason you have any number of pundits claiming that President Obama needs only to talk more and more kindly to the American people and the Republican-controlled House […] Read more »
Should Republicans Just Focus on White Voters?
… White voters cast 72 percent of all votes in the Obama-Romney election of 2012 compared to 87 percent in the Nixon-McGovern contest in 1972. Should the Republican Party accept the fact that the white majority in the United States is getting smaller or should it bet on boosting Republican […] Read more »
6 Questions For The Man Who Tracks Texas Trends
All this week, NPR is taking a look at the demographic changes that could reshape the political landscape in Texas over the next decade — and what that could mean for the rest of the country. Few know Texas’ population as well as its official demographer, Lloyd Potter, a professor […] Read more »
Many Criticize Voting Rights Ruling; Partisan Splits on Gay Marriage Continue
Americans across racial groups are critical of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Voting Rights Act, with disapproval of the decision exceeding approval by 15 percentage points among whites as well as by a vast 45-point margin among African-Americans. Overall, just 33 percent of Americans approve of the ruling dismantling […] Read more »