The 2020 Democratic presidential field is still developing, but it’s already the most diverse in modern political history. Eight different Democratic candidates have either declared that they are running for president (and are still running) or have formed an exploratory committee, according to CNN. Four are women (a record), one […] Read more »
Poll Hub: What’s in a Number?
The release of our latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll generated extra attention. Poll watchers, including President Donald Trump, took note of an increase in the proportion of Latino Americans who say they approve of Trump’s job performance. In this week’s episode of Poll Hub, we provide context to that finding, explain […] Read more »
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Leading and Following at the Same Time
The most active wing of the Democratic Party — the roughly 20 percent of the party’s electorate that votes in primaries and wields disproportionate influence over which issues get prioritized — has moved decisively to the left. With all the attention that is being paid to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, […] Read more »
Fewer See Equal Opportunity for Blacks in Jobs, Housing
Majorities of Americans continue to believe blacks have the same opportunity as whites to get any job for which they are qualified, as well as to get any housing they can afford, but the percentages holding these views are the lowest Gallup has recorded in decades. … Roughly nine in […] Read more »
Protests Seen as Harming Civil Rights Movement in the ’60s
In current times, reflection on Martin Luther King Jr.’s life often involves celebrating the nonviolent tactics he advocated as key to much of the civil rights movement’s success. At the time of his leadership in the 1960s, however, Americans held very different views of the effectiveness of mass demonstrations, boycotts […] Read more »
The Disturbing, Surprisingly Complex Relationship Between White Identity Politics and Racism
In her new book, “White Identity Politics,” the Duke political scientist Ashley Jardina examines the increasing relevance of white identity in America. Drawing on data from American National Election Studies surveys and her own research, Jardina finds that about thirty to forty per cent of white Americans say that white […] Read more »