Bernie Sanders has had strong showings in Iowa and New Hampshire, but he is facing an important challenge: appealing to minority voters. … Our new research confirms what many Sanders supporters have feared: Black voters have substantially more favorable feelings about his opponent, Hillary Clinton. Our data are unusual: a […] Read more »
Engaging the Millennial Generation: Report from Focus Groups
Millennials are unique and hold tremendous power and potential – economically, socially and politically. To better understand how to engage this generation, Democracy Corps conducted two focus groups in Philadelphia on January 19th, one among African American millennial women and one among white millennial men. CONT. Democracy Corps Read more »
Why 49% of Americans are Angry
The “Meet the Press” panel discusses a new NBC News, SurveyMonkey, Esquire poll that explores the political issues that are making Americans angry. NBC News Read more »
Whites and Republicans Rank as Angriest Americans
Nearly half of Americans are angry, and no groups are angrier than whites and Republicans, according to a new NBC News/Survey Monkey/Esquire online poll about outrage in the country. CONT. Andrew Rafferty, NBC News Read more »
Trump’s Appeal Highest Among Blue-Collar Men
Donald Trump has an unusually strong appeal to blue-collar male Republicans, a group among whom his image is much more positive than among GOP men with a college degree or among Republican women regardless of their education. Ted Cruz also skews slightly more positively among blue-collar male Republicans, while Ben […] Read more »
Hillary Clinton’s Toughness
When voters look at equally experienced male and female politicians, “the man will still be seen as more capable on issues of national security and defense,” Meredith Conroy, a professor of political science at California State University, San Bernardino, wrote me in response to my inquiry about the current election. […] Read more »