… After years of deriding Democrats for dividing Americans into hyphenated subgroups, Republicans face a tantalizing and vexing prospect this year. With two sons of Cuban immigrants, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, joining a famed African American surgeon, Ben Carson, near the top of the polls, they have a unique […] Read more »
Race and Reality in America: Five key findings
… CNN and the Kaiser Family Foundation partnered to survey Americans on issues relating to race and ethnicity. The poll explores how things have changed in the last 20 years and what race means now. The survey also examines how different groups of Americans experience race day-to-day, and what they […] Read more »
How America’s Demographic Revolution Reached The Church
Long the dominant group in American religious life, White Christians have fallen below a majority of the U.S. population—and they are moving to the right politically as they recede. The result is that, like race and age, religious affiliation marks a sharpening point of distinction between Republicans and Democrats, previously […] Read more »
How Much Do Black Lives Matter to the Presidential Campaign?
The onslaught of confrontations between blacks and the police, as well as intense coverage on TV and online of college campus protests and of the Black Lives Matter movement, have decisively affected the Democratic Party’s position on a core issue: the use of force to maintain public order. … These […] Read more »
Votantes latinos en estados decisivos van por Hillary
Los votantes latinos que viven en 14 estados decisivos para las elecciones presidenciales del año que viene –los llamados “battleground states”– favorecen a Hillary Clinton en la primaria demócrata y a Jeb Bush en la primaria republicana. CONT. Pilar Marrero, La Opinión Read more »
California Just Made It Easier for Millions To Vote in 2016
California will begin automatically registering eligible citizens to vote. … The state estimates that there are 6.6 eligible but unregistered voters in the state who could be impacted by the change. CONT. Emily DeRuy, National Journal Read more »