The “Meet the Press” panel discusses a new NBC News, SurveyMonkey, Esquire poll that explores the political issues that are making Americans angry. NBC News Read more »
Whites and Republicans Rank as Angriest Americans
Nearly half of Americans are angry, and no groups are angrier than whites and Republicans, according to a new NBC News/Survey Monkey/Esquire online poll about outrage in the country. CONT. Andrew Rafferty, NBC News Read more »
Whatever Happened to Latino Political Power?
… As their population in the United States surged from 35 million in 2000 to nearly 57 million, Latinos became the subjects of a feel-good political story that bathed a marginalized minority in the glow of demographic triumphalism. Acting as a cohesive political force, Latinos were supposed to power Democratic […] Read more »
America’s Political Parties Are Just Tribes Now
… Just as the political parties sorted themselves out so that there are no more “conservative Democrats” or “liberal Republicans,” I fear we may be entering a new stage where there are essentially two distinct political tribes: One tribe consists of minorities and educated elites, while the other tribe increasingly […] Read more »
Donald Trump’s Strongest Supporters: A Certain Kind of Democrat
Donald Trump holds a dominant position in national polls in no small part because he is extremely strong among people on the periphery of the Republican coalition. He is strongest among Republicans who are less affluent, less educated and less likely to turn out to vote. His very best voters […] Read more »
What social science tells us about racism in the Republican Party
Presidential candidate Donald Trump’s proposal to bar all Muslims from entering the United States has reignited an old debate about the Republican Party, which some see as the party of intolerance. … An expanding body of research by psychologists, economists and political scientists suggests that voters’ racial biases help the […] Read more »