Top 5 political predictions for 2015

1. The Obama boom will finally arrive. Only it will be more like a boomlet. Americans have been waiting for the boom since they elected President Barack Obama in the teeth of the 2008 financial meltdown. … Now we’re deep into Obama’s second term. Where’s da boom? It’s finally starting. […] Read more »

Tea Partiers and traditional Republicans are split on science

It is very common these days to hear references to Republicans having conflicts with science. … But if a new study just out in the journal Environmental Politics is correct, the conflict between “Republicans” and the scientific community may really boil down to a conflict between scientists and today’s so-called […] Read more »

Evolution and the American Myth of the Individual

We will certainly hear it said many times between now and the 2016 elections that the country’s two main political parties have “fundamental philosophical differences.” But what exactly does that mean? At least part of the schism between Republicans and Democrats is based in differing conceptions of the role of […] Read more »

Why the GOP Really Hates the Immigration Executive Order

When President Obama took steps to legalize the status of 5 million undocumented immigrants, he brought out the real Republican Party, not the reasonable one Republican leaders put forward momentarily after the election. There is a reason the Republican Party has stopped immigration reform and is now suing the president. […] Read more »

Executive Action on Immigration

On behalf of Americans United for Change, Hart Research Associates conducted a national survey on the topic of President Obama’s executive action on immigration. The survey was conducted among 800 likely 2016 voters from November 19 to 20, 2014. … Voters respond favorably by an overwhelming 39-point margin to executive […] Read more »

The Demise of the White Democratic Voter

… There is an ongoing debate among politicians, political scientists and partisans of both parties over the dismal support of Democratic candidates among whites. Does it result from ideological differences, racial animosity or a perception among many whites that they are excluded from a coalition of minorities, the poor, single […] Read more »