Americans’ attitudes about their economic future are sharply divided by race, with whites significantly less likely than blacks or Hispanics to think they can improve their own standard of living. Indeed, optimism among minorities now outpaces that of whites by the widest margin since at least 1987, a new analysis […] Read more »
Why the Republican coalition will still work in 2016
The faultline in the GOP revealed by the party’s internal debate on immigration reform – over whether a future Republican coalition should rely more heavily on whites than it already does, or should try and bring more Latinos into the fold to win the presidency – remains unresolved. What we […] Read more »
‘Missing Voters’ in the 2012 Election: Not so white, not so Republican
Do “missing white voters” offer hope for the Republican Party in future presidential elections? … We have argued that the “missing white voters” theory is unrealistic for several reasons. The most important is that it ignores the missing nonwhite voters — data on voter turnout in 2012 show that a […] Read more »
Zimmerman verdict poll: Stark reaction by race
The not-guilty verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman has produced dramatically different reactions among blacks and whites, with African Americans overwhelmingly disapproving of the jury’s decision and a bare majority of whites saying they approve of the outcome, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. … The new […] Read more »
Gulf Grows in Black-White Views of U.S. Justice System Bias
While 68% of blacks say the American justice system is biased against blacks, 25% of whites agree. Blacks’ attitudes about the justice system have remained virtually constant over the past 20 years, but whites have become less likely to perceive bias. [cont.] Frank Newport, Gallup Read more »
The Uncanny Similarity Between the Zimmerman and 2012 Exit Polls
The first wave of polls on the Zimmerman verdict are in and the results look familiar. Pew Research asked adults whether they were “satisfied” or “dissatisfied” with the Zimmerman verdict and the results were strikingly similar to the last presidential election. Compare today’s poll on the Zimmerman verdict with Pew’s […] Read more »