Iowa and New Hampshire are great places to hold the opening presidential caucuses and primary, most Americans agree. Also, terrible ones. That was the decidedly mixed message from a USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll exploring whether the two small states, both overwhelmingly white, should continue to hold the out-sized influence on […] Read more »
What Unites Republicans May Be Changing. Same With Democrats.
In a book released on the eve of the 2016 election called “Asymmetric Politics,” political scientists Matthew Grossmann and David Hopkins argued that America’s political parties don’t just have different ideologies, but are really different kinds of organizations. “Republicans are organized around broad symbolic principles, whereas Democrats are a coalition […] Read more »
Asian American and Pacific Islander voters may soon face potential shift in political power
When tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang became the last 2020 presidential contender to secure a spot on the December debate stage, his presence as the sole candidate of color to appear in an otherwise all-white lineup provided a visible example of the types of concerns his competitors have cited about the […] Read more »
Three reasons why the Democrats’ Blue Wall crumbled
The story of why Democrats lost in 2016 has been dissected by journalists, activists and politicians since the moment Donald Trump won, with an array of explanations offered for what went wrong for the party. But one indisputable fact is that had Democrats won in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan, President […] Read more »
Why White Iowans Want a Nominee Who Can Appeal to Nonwhite Voters
They share awkward glances at events where nearly everyone looks like them. They take comfort in reminding one another that they propelled Barack Obama to the White House. They swear that their values and priorities are representative of more than a Corn Belt farm state. With less than two months […] Read more »
19 striking findings from 2019
Every year, Pew Research Center publishes hundreds of reports, blog posts, digital essays and other studies on a wide range of topics, from the demographic and political changes that are reshaping the United States to the attitudes and experiences of people in dozens of other countries. At the end of […] Read more »