Since California was carved out of Mexico and joined the union more than a century and a half ago, the state has never had a Latino representing it in the U.S. Senate. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) now has the opportunity to change that amid increasing pressure to do so. Two […] Read more »
So-called ‘Latino vote’ is 32 million Americans with diverse political opinions and national origins
Biden, here at an Oct. 9 event in Nevada, won Latinos – but not necessarily because his campaign did a great job reaching out to them. Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images Lisa García Bedolla, University of California, Berkeley Pundits are expressing surprise that so many Latinos voted for […] Read more »
How Biden won: Three key voter groups in 2020
Any election victory can be seen from a variety of angles — marginal gains here, voter flips there — but the story of Joe Biden’s 2020 win, and his narrow recapturing of the northern Democratic “blue wall” states, might be best explained by vote boosts with three groups: younger voters, […] Read more »
Georgia’s political shift – a tale of urban and suburban change
Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator David Perdue wanted to avoid a runoff. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Jan Nijman, Georgia State University Over the past 36 years, the state of Georgia has voted for Republican presidential candidates in every cycle except 1992, when voters backed Bill Clinton. In the past 20 years, it […] Read more »
The Role Shifting Demographics Played In The Presidential Election
Latino voters helped to shape the presidential race in different ways. For the first time, Latinos became the second-biggest voting demographic after white people, and that has major implications. NPR News The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a concise daily rundown of significant new poll results and insightful analysis. It’s FREE. Sign up […] Read more »
Exit Polls Point to the Power of White Patriarchy
… A larger percentage of every racial minority voted for Trump this year than in 2016. Among Blacks and Hispanics, this percentage grew among both men and women, although men were more likely to vote for Trump than women. Among Hispanics, the movements by sex were marginal and have held […] Read more »