America is experiencing a booming economy and record unemployment, but not everyone is feeling it. Large majorities of both African-Americans and Hispanics say they’re worried about job security, housing, and being able to pay for education and basic necessities, according to a VICE News-Ipsos poll focused on African-Americans and Hispanics. […] Read more »
Milwaukee Roundtable: African-American voters talk generational change
County to County: Voters in Milwaukee discuss their hopes and expectations for the 2020 Democratic primary. NBC News Read more »
Sanders and Biden Vie for the African American Vote
As the Democratic primary contest heats up, African American voters will be key in determining who the nominee will be and their relative chances at taking the White House in 2020. A deeper dive of the preferences of this voting group gives us a better understanding of how the Democratic […] Read more »
Black Americans deeply pessimistic about country under Trump, whom more than 8 in 10 describe as ‘a racist’
President Trump made a stark appeal to black Americans during the 2016 election when he asked, “What have you got to lose?” Three years later, black Americans have rendered their verdict on his presidency with a deeply pessimistic assessment of their place in the United States under a leader seen […] Read more »
On Diversity, Were DNC Rules to Blame?
… During and after the 2016 Democratic presidential campaign, there were complaints that the DNC had not played square, that it had a finger on the scale for Hillary Clinton. It is certainly true that the DNC didn’t go out of its way to do Bernie Sanders or Martin O’Malley […] Read more »
Two polls frame the Democratic race and the power of African American voters
… Describing the Democratic campaign as a competition between the progressive wing and the African American wing is, admittedly, something of an apples and oranges comparison. But it speaks to what remains one of the biggest unanswered questions of the 2020 Democratic nomination contest: Will African Americans stick with Biden […] Read more »