As several states across the nation relax strict stay-at-home requirements, imposed to slow the spread of covid-19, and begin allowing more businesses to open, the question of whether the government can require people to wear masks has become explosive. … We drew on a nationally representative, multi-wave survey conducted by […] Read more »
How Covid-19 Is Spreading Through Rural Communities
During the past month, the spread of the Covid-19 virus has taken a turn across the country with two major impacts, as seen in the American Communities Project: Rural communities are seeing some of the biggest growth in cases, and Hispanic Centers and Native American Lands are seeing their infections […] Read more »
White evangelicals among groups with slipping confidence in Trump’s handling of COVID-19
White evangelical Protestants are President Donald Trump’s most supportive religious constituency, but they are slightly less positive about his response to the coronavirus pandemic now than they were in March, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. CONT. Gregory A. Smith, Pew Research Center The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a […] Read more »
Coronavirus’ double bind on older workers could squeeze Trump
… In a new national CNN poll released Tuesday morning, only 42% of seniors from all races approved of either the President’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak or his overall job performance. On both counts, that was his lowest rating among any group except adults 34 and younger — traditionally […] Read more »
Will 2020 be the year the RNC’s ‘autopsy’ was right?
At least once a year, I look back at the March 2013 Republican National Committee’s “Growth & Opportunity Project,” the party’s post-2012 “autopsy” examining why Republicans were falling behind in their battle against the Democrats. “Falling behind?” you might ask, after seeing the GOP sweeps of 2014 and 2016 and […] Read more »
In-group Love and Out-group Hate: White Racial Attitudes in Contemporary U.S. Elections
… Most work in the social sciences has ignored the possibility that white Americans possess a racial identity or a sense of racial solidarity, arguing that because of their dominant status and their numerical majority, white Americans are able to take their race for granted. But in recent years, significant […] Read more »