There are certain aspects of racism on which all Americans agree. The Klan, for example. Using racial slurs to denigrate someone. Segregated drinking fountains and city buses. The sorts of marks of discrimination that are almost definitionally racist. Beyond that, opinions differ. While there are unquestionably race-based factors that disadvantage […] Read more »
Sharp Rise in the Share of Americans Saying Jews Face Discrimination
The public sees widespread discrimination against several racial, ethnic and religious groups in the U.S. And while most of these views are little changed over the last several years, the share of Americans saying Jews face discrimination in the U.S. has increased substantially since late 2016. … Partisan differences in […] Read more »
Black and white defines red and blue
Members of minority groups and whites in the United States often see the world through very different lenses, but politically speaking those differences are magnified by the blue/red divide, according to a new Pew Research survey. And that partisan split may be even more important in Washington. The Pew survey […] Read more »
Non-College Whites Had Affinity for GOP Before Trump
White Americans without college degrees helped propel Donald Trump to an upset victory in the 2016 election and have been one of his most supportive subgroups during his presidency. The group’s support for Trump may largely reflect their political leanings as much as their affinity for Trump, as currently, 59% […] Read more »
Trump’s Immigration Policies Unify White Republicans
Donald Trump’s ongoing purge of the Department of Homeland Security marks another milestone in his transformation of the GOP into an exclusionary party defined by its hostility to immigration in particular and demographic change in general. … Trump-style views on immigration and race dominate among both the party’s elected officials […] Read more »
Trump’s Other Base: In preparation for 2020, the president is focused on the minority vote.
Donald Trump’s dogged, Captain-Ahab-like obsession with immigrants and asylum seekers crossing the southern border is many things. It is an open appeal to white-nationalist xenophobia among the many members of his overwhelmingly white base. Check. It is a frustration that his oft-promised new wall has yet to a single mile […] Read more »