Ed Goeas & Brian Nienaber, The Tarrance Group The early stages of Hillary Clinton’s Presidential campaign have featured questions and criticisms about the extent to which the Clinton family has used their political power and their charitable foundation to line their own pockets. This has included the claim by the […] Read more »
Polling Finds Growing Acceptance of Gay Marriage–and a Gay President
… The March Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll–like other national polls–found that 59% of Americans favor same-sex marriage. But Americans’ increasing acceptance of gays and lesbians goes well beyond support for same-sex marriage. Two findings from the latest WSJ/NBC poll demonstrate where public opinion is today and the magnitude of […] Read more »
Sex, Drugs and Poverty in Red and Blue America
In the fall of 1969, Merle Haggard topped the Billboard country charts for four weeks with “Okie from Muskogee,” the song that quickly became the anthem of red America, even before we called it that. “We don’t smoke marijuana in Muskogee, we don’t take our trips on LSD, we don’t […] Read more »
Hillary Clinton’s Appeal Survives Scrutiny
Hillary Rodham Clinton appears to have initially weathered a barrage of news about her use of a private email account when she was secretary of state and the practices of her family’s foundation, an indication that she is starting her second presidential bid with an unusual durability among Democratic voters. […] Read more »
Religion, Race and Same-Sex Marriage
Attitudes about same-sex marriage have undergone a rapid shift in American society. As recently as 2009, 40% of Americans said they believed that marriage between same-sex individuals should be legal and recognized by law as valid. Those views burst through the majority level in 2011, with support reaching a high […] Read more »
American Men Embracing Gender Equality
The gender revolution has met the demographic revolution. A new survey of men’s attitudes toward women, family, and relations between the sexes has found much more similarity than difference among the perspectives of whites, African-Americans, Hispanics, and other minorities. That convergence suggests that changes in family and gender dynamics are […] Read more »