… A New York Times/CBS News poll last month found instances of a sisterhood gap that in some ways is more revealing than the gender gap. In addition to gauging views on the election, the poll asked women how they viewed their lives, their roles in society and society’s views […] Read more »
The Racial Confidence Gap in Police Performance
The deep racial tensions seen in many areas of American life underlie how blacks and whites view police in their communities, as well as their reactions to the deadly encounters in recent years between blacks and law enforcement officers, according to a new survey by Pew Research Center. Only about […] Read more »
Views on Race and Gender Mark Stark Divide Between Clinton, Trump Supporters
The conflict between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump over racial and gender issues in Monday’s debate reflects a deep divide in voter attitudes: views on the influence of men, women and racial groups in society are closely related to vote preferences. The latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, mainly released Sunday, […] Read more »
The shell-shocked white working class
The problems bothering white Americans without a college degree have less to do with immediate economic insecurity or material hardship, although those are widespread, than with the collapse of a whole way of life. … The rise and fall of stability in working-class life explains much that otherwise seems puzzling […] Read more »
2016: Last call for working class whites?
The biggest story of the 2016 election is undoubtedly the rise of Donald Trump, and behind the Republican nominee is a group in its last throes as the biggest force in politics: The white working class. A new survey from CNN and the Kaiser Family Foundation delves deeply into this […] Read more »
The anatomy of a white, working-class Trump voter
White, Working Class and Worried is a CNN partnership with the Kaiser Family Foundation — an extensive survey of white, working-class Americans and voters, who form a backbone of the support for Donald Trump. CONT. Joyce Tseng & Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Read more »