On Feb. 24, 2016, after winning the Nevada caucuses, Donald Trump told supporters in Las Vegas, “I love the poorly educated.” Technically, he should have said “I love poorly educated white people,” but his point was well taken. We have been talking about this since Trump came down that escalator […] Read more »
American Jews, Politics and Israel
The political orientation of American Jews has come back into the spotlight in recent weeks with President Donald Trump’s comments regarding Jews and their stances toward his presidency and the Democratic Party. … It has traditionally been difficult to analyze the attitudes and political orientation of American Jews in surveys […] Read more »
A Matter of Principle? On the Relationship Between Racial Resentment and Ideology
Racial resentment is perhaps the most contentious – albeit most frequently used – measure of racial prejudice in American political behavior research. Where proponents see a reasonable measure with desirable statistical properties (e.g., consistently high reliability, unidimensional structure) and predictive power when it comes to things such as attitudes about […] Read more »
Texas-Sized Opportunities, Part 2
… In Part 2 of our Texas series we look at recent polling data to better understand Senator Cornyn’s viability both in the primary and in the general—assuming he survives a primary challenge, that is. We look specifically at his political weaknesses and at the internal challenges he faces within […] Read more »
Americans are growing more accepting of immigrants. Take note, Democrats.
It’s often observed that President Trump’s racism, bigotry, and cruelty towards migrants are making Americans more accepting of immigration. What’s noted less often is that white Americans are also responding this way. But a new Reuters study captures this dynamic in an interesting way. And hopefully, if any Democrats are […] Read more »
Could Trump Drive Young White Evangelicals Away From The GOP?
A central message of President Trump’s insurgent candidacy in 2016 boiled down to this: Millions of Americans are losers — economically, culturally and even demographically. Perhaps no group needed less convincing of this proposition than white evangelical Christians, who have long felt embattled. “Make America Great Again” was the perfect […] Read more »