Nearing the midpoint of his term, Mayor Bill de Blasio is confronting a city that is deeply divided about his ability to lead, with his efforts to create a more liberal New York overshadowed by growing worries about homelessness and crime, a new poll finds. CONT. New York Times Read more »
Democrats Hold Big Edge in General Election Geography
You can tell a lot about the Democratic and Republican electorates by looking at who’s planning to vote in next year’s primaries and caucuses. And when you look at where those people live a few points emerge: One, the geography of Democratic and Republican primary voters is sharply different and […] Read more »
Why Hillary Clinton Feels Safe Running To The Left Of Bernie Sanders On Guns
Democrats get dyspeptic trying to understand why, despite the large majorities of Americans who favor specific gun control laws, Congress has done nothing. But the answer to that conundrum also explains why Hillary Clinton felt free to propose stronger gun controls than Bernie Sanders has. CONT. Marc Ambinder, FiveThirtyEight Read more »
Tale of Two Cities: Views of Katrina Recovery in New Orleans Divide along Racial Lines
African American and white residents of New Orleans see the progress of recovery since Hurricane Katrina very differently, according to a new survey from the Manship School of Mass Communication’s Reilly Center for Media and Public Affairs at LSU. Nearly 80 percent of the city’s white residents feel Louisiana has […] Read more »
New Orleans Ten Years After The Storm
Ten years after Hurricane Katrina battered the Gulf Coast and the subsequent levee failure led to unprecedented destruction in New Orleans, the Kaiser Family Foundation teamed up with NPR to conduct a survey of the city’s current residents. … The new survey examines how those who are currently living in […] Read more »
The Problems of Success
Residents of Austin, Texas, one of the nation’s most economically dynamic communities, are optimistic about the region’s future growth—and uneasy about its implications, a new Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor Poll has found. Fully 3-in-5 residents of Austin and its surrounding area believe that the region’s economy will be stronger in […] Read more »