His exile in Mar-a-Lago notwithstanding, Donald Trump’s authority over the Republican Party remains vast. You can see it in Republican reluctance to back a bipartisan inquiry into the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, in the widespread denunciation of party members who refused to overturn election results and who voted for Trump’s […] Read more »
Who’s most underrepresented in Congress?
… Some 67 percent of Americans do not hold a college diploma, according to the Census Bureau, but in Congress that number shrinks to just under 2 percent — a gap of over 65 points. … In 1945, about 60 percent of Congress had a college degree, far more than […] Read more »
How to convince Republicans to get vaccinated
… Some groups with initial vaccine hesitancy — such as Black Americans and Latinos — have shown clear declines in hesitancy as vaccination rates have increased. But partisan identity is now the biggest predictor of vaccine hesitancy — 44% of Republicans say they do not intend to get vaccinated while […] Read more »
GOP faces massive realignment as it sheds college-educated voters
It’s an off-year for national electoral politics, with only a few big gubernatorial races later in the year in Virginia and New Jersey. Still, polling data show the great shift in the nation’s two major political parties is continuing and some of those changes could have significant impacts at the […] Read more »
Least Vaccinated U.S. Counties Have Something in Common: Trump Voters
About 31 percent of adults in the United States have now been fully vaccinated. Scientists have estimated that 70 to 90 percent of the total population must acquire resistance to the virus to reach herd immunity. But in hundreds of counties around the country, vaccination rates are low, with some […] Read more »
The numbers show Ron DeSantis’ stock is rising
… Right now, no Republican is doing a better job of setting himself up as Trump’s successor than Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. If Trump decides not to run in 2024, DeSantis has as good if not better chance of being the party’s nominee as anyone. Just a few months ago, […] Read more »