To understand the rolling demographic and cultural trends threatening the GOP in presidential elections, a good place to start might be with the polychromatic ads Chevrolet is running during the Olympics. … Chevy’s latest ads, under the title “The New Us,” celebrate the transformation of the American family into a […] Read more »
Redskins Paying Team Of Republican Advisers For Advice On Name Controversy
The Washington Redskins are paying a team of high-profile consultants with ties to the Republican Party to advise the team on issues around its controversial name, a spokesperson for the team said in a statement to ThinkProgress on Friday. … Emails obtained by ThinkProgress this week showed that the team […] Read more »
Stark Racial Differences in Views on U.S. Status
Overall, Americans are as likely to be positive (39%) about the current state of the country as they are to be negative (40%). However, the gap between whites’ and nonwhites’ views of where the country stands is wider than at any point in recent history, with nonwhites now almost twice […] Read more »
How race and religion have polarized American voters
The rise of polarized politics in Washington is a direct result of profound changes that have taken place in American society and culture over several decades. … Contrary to the views of those who see polarization as almost entirely an elite phenomenon, the deep divide between the parties in Washington […] Read more »
Race relations are better than last year, but still have a ways to go
… For this Martin Luther King weekend, the Economist/YouGov Poll looked at current perceptions of race relations in the United States. Overall, Americans are just about as likely as they were last August (the 50th anniversary of Dr. King’s speech) to think relations between whites and blacks are good. CONT. […] Read more »
Going the Distance: On and off the road with Barack Obama
… Obama’s election was one of the great markers in the black freedom struggle. In the electoral realm, ironically, the country may be more racially divided than it has been in a generation. … Obama’s drop in the polls in 2013 was especially grave among white voters. “There’s no doubt […] Read more »