As the number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus continues to climb in the United States, the current epicenter of the global pandemic, majorities of Americans are concerned that they may contract the disease and that they may unknowingly spread it to others. Yet these concerns are much more […] Read more »
Young People of Color Shaped Key Super Tuesday Primaries
The 2020 Democratic presidential primaries have once again shown that young people influence elections. More than half of states have now voted in the 2020 Democratic primaries, and the field has narrowed to two candidates: former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders. Biden holds a substantial delegate lead […] Read more »
How Racist Is Trump’s Republican Party?
Is the modern Republican Party built on race prejudice, otherwise known as racism? Has it become, as Stuart Stevens — a media consultant with an exceptionally high win-loss record who was a lead strategist for George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004 — puts it, the “white grievance party”? … […] Read more »
All Latinos don’t vote the same way – their place of origin matters
Hispanic voters go to the polls for early voting in 2004. G. De Cardenas/Getty Images Eliza Willis, Grinnell College and Janet A. Seiz, Grinnell College Joe Biden won Florida’s 2020 Democratic primary, capturing a majority of the state’s Latino voters. Polls have been tracking the Latino vote in Democratic presidential […] Read more »
Biden is nipping at Trump’s heels in Florida, where Cubans and Puerto Ricans view the president very differently
Joe Biden has a crushing lead over Bernie Sanders among Florida’s registered voters, within days of the March 17 Democratic primary in the state, according to a new Univision News poll. If he becomes the nominee, the former vice president will be in a tight race with Donald Trump, as […] Read more »
Bernie Sanders’ hidden Super Tuesday edge
Bernie Sanders could receive a big boost today from a powerful demographic dynamic, even as more party leaders consolidate to resist his candidacy. The groups that have most favored the senator from Vermont in the Democratic presidential race are much more widely distributed than the groups that have resisted him […] Read more »