The conventional wisdom about religion in the United States is that the number of people who have no religious affiliation is rising rapidly. … That’s why a recent report from the Pew Research Center came as a huge surprise. Its most shocking revelation was that, between 2016 and 2020, there […] Read more »
NRCC October Battleground Congressional District Survey
The latest NRCC battleground survey makes it clear the political environment is moving decisively towardRepublicans. • Republicans are leading on the generic ballot and with key demographic groups, like independents and college educated white voters.• Republicans are winning on the issues most important to voters.• Voters understand the negative consequences […] Read more »
The Evangelical Church Is Breaking Apart
… The aggressive, disruptive, and unforgiving mindset that characterizes so much of our politics has found a home in many American churches. As a person of the Christian faith who has spent most of my adult life attending evangelical churches, I wanted to understand the splintering of churches, communities, and […] Read more »
Democrats overplaying the Trump card in Virginia governor’s race
Terry McAuliffe’s campaign strategy in the Virginia governor’s race has been to relentlessly link his opponent, businessman Glenn Youngkin, to former President Trump. … To borrow a line from President Biden, McAuliffe only needs three words to make a sentence: a noun, a verb, and Donald Trump. The strategy to […] Read more »
Virginia’s gubernatorial race tests the fear-of-Trump factor as a political motivator
… No single election ever answers all the questions of the moment in politics, but fairly or not, the Nov. 2 Virginia contest has taken on outsize importance, particularly to nervous Democrats who are justifiably fearful about losing their congressional majorities in the 2022 midterms. It’s as if the future […] Read more »
Racing Apart: Partisan Shifts on Racial Attitudes Over the Last Decade
… The 2020 election took place amid a remarkable shift in attitudes about issues related to racial, ethnic, religious, and national identities. After decades of relative stasis in racial attitudes, Democrats and independents became dramatically more liberal on these issues. This leftward shift was already underway as of the 2016 […] Read more »