… Jeb Bush makes discussion about the Democratic standing with the white middle class more relevant because he’s well-positioned to recapture ground with minorities in 2016. In a party that has grown more populist and militant, the former Florida governor would face a more arduous path to the nomination than […] Read more »
Why the Cuba Issue No Longer Cuts Against Democrats in Florida
The importance of small demographic groups is often overstated by political commentators. The Cuban-American vote is an exception. Cuban-Americans represent a meaningful number of voters in a battleground state, Florida, that may be critical in the 2016 presidential election. Their political allegiances also seem to have shifted significantly toward Democrats […] Read more »
Obama’s Immigration Move Benefits Democrats Where It Counts
A month after President Obama’s decision to defer deportation and offer work authorization to millions of undocumented immigrants, his action not only looks like a winner, but it also seems to be a fairly promising sign for Democrats after the disastrous midterm elections last month. This is not because Mr. […] Read more »
Immigration Action Gets Mixed Response, But Legal Pathway Still Popular
The public is divided over President Obama’s recent executive action that expands the number of undocumented immigrants permitted to stay and work in the U.S. At the same time, Americans continue to broadly support a pathway to legal status for people in this country illegally. CONT. Pew Read more »
Hispanics’ Support for Obama Climbs After Executive Order
Hispanic Americans’ approval of President Barack Obama’s job performance is up 12 points, to 64%, since he issued an executive order protecting some immigrants who are living in the U.S. illegally from deportation. Whites’ and blacks’ ratings of the president did not change meaningfully during this time. CONT. Justin McCarthy, […] Read more »
Police Distrust and Big Cities
The recent stories out of Ferguson, Mo., and Staten Island, N.Y., have highlighted the distrust that exists between African-Americans and the police, but a new data release from Gallup shows just how deep that distrust goes – and how African-Americans in big cities in particular lack confidence in police. CONT. […] Read more »