The most striking argument from the podium during the Republican convention’s first nights was Donald Trump Jr.’s claim that his father had more respect for blue-collar “street smarts” than white-collar book smarts earned at “fancy colleges.” It was yet another instance of cultural signaling from the Trump campaign toward the […] Read more »
Trump, Clinton, and the Realignment of Battleground States
The tumultuous 2016 presidential race appears poised to realign the states at the tipping point of American politics. Since Bill Clinton’s first victory in 1992, Democratic presidential candidates have consistently run better in the aging, predominantly white and heavily blue-collar swing states clustered in the Rustbelt than in the younger, […] Read more »
Poll: Clinton Better Than Trump on Fixing Strained Race Relations
A plurality of Americans believe Democrat Hillary Clinton is the best equipped presidential candidate to deal with problems between police and African Americans, according to a new poll that shows voters with a bleak view of race relations in the country. CONT. Rebecca Ballhaus, Wall Street Journal Read more »
8 in 10 Seek ‘Major’ Focus on Race as Most Say Relations Are Worsening
A vast 83 percent of Americans say the next president should place an “especially major” focus on trying to improve race relations – which, following the Dallas police killings and high-profile shootings of blacks by police, majorities see as bad and getting worse. CONT. Chad Kiewiet de Jonge, ABC News Read more »
More than 6 in 10 adults say U.S. race relations are generally bad, poll indicates
Pessimism about race relations in America is higher than it has been in nearly a generation, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. In the aftermath of the mass shooting of police officers in Dallas and the high-profile police shooting deaths of two black men, in Baton Rouge and […] Read more »
Americans’ Optimism About Blacks’ Opportunities Wanes
Sixty-four percent of Americans believe blacks have the same chance as whites in their local community to get a job for which they are qualified, but the percentage holding that view has declined in recent years and is the lowest since 1995. CONT. Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Read more »