On November 15, we released an article that highlighted the Democratic Party’s failure in last week’s election to gain traction in rural and small-town America. The effect of which stymied the party’s prospects in the House of Representatives and continued a trend that deserves more attention going forward. However, as […] Read more »
How the Election Revealed the Divide Between City and Country
The earthquake that elected Donald Trump has left the United States approaching 2020 with a political landscape reminiscent of 1920. Not since then has the cultural chasm between urban and non-urban America shaped the struggle over the country’s direction as much as today. Of all the overlapping generational, racial, and […] Read more »
How the 2016 Election Exposed America’s Racial and Cultural Divides
The 2016 election exposed an America of deep divides over race, ethnicity and culture — a nation carved into two large coalitions, roughly equal in size but radically different in demographics and desires. … The electorate coalitions in 2016 were similar to the 2012 election, with one major exception: white […] Read more »
How Trump redrew the electoral map, from sea to shining sea
America’s political geography follows the contours of its physical geography. The coasts are home to urban Democratic havens, while Republicans count on the vast and less densely populated areas that almost always support the ticket. The suburbs that sit in between can swing elections, as they did for Obama in […] Read more »
Trump Sees an Economy in Tatters, But Many Republicans Are Feeling Fine
The 2016 campaign may be centered on the question of whether America is struggling or thriving economically, but data from Gallup indicate a majority of Americans think their economic lives are improving. The numbers challenge a dominant theme of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign – that most Americans are […] Read more »
G.O.P. Urges Donald Trump to Broaden Outreach to Black Voters
… Republican presidential candidates typically perform poorly among black voters, perhaps the most loyal constituency in the Democratic Party. … But as demonstrated in the past two White House races — in which John McCain received 4 percent of black votes in 2008 and Mitt Romney received 6 percent in 2012 […] Read more »