Americans’ trust in the Black Lives Matter movement has fallen and their faith in local law enforcement has risen since protests demanding social justice swept the nation last year, according to an exclusive USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll. … On many issues, there is a chasm in the perspective between Black people […] Read more »
Why the GOP can’t quit Trump
… Understanding why MAGA, also known as the Republican base, supports Trump, reveals why the GOP can’t break away from him: They are intensely loyal to Trump, motivated by status threat, and convert their anxiety and commitment into votes. If any Republican tries to do disavow Trump, they will face […] Read more »
White evangelicals’ dominance of the GOP has turned it into the party of resistance
… For almost all of American history, White Christians have represented a large majority of the US population and controlled the levers of government power. But that majority had shrunk to just 54% by 2008 when Barack Obama won election as the first African American president and personified the nation’s […] Read more »
White working-class politics
Analysts have been debating the politics of America’s white working-class for years with little net increase in knowledge. The whole discussion assumes a fact not fully in evidence — that membership in the “white working-class” is a politically relevant identity; that it is causally related to voting behavior. Maybe, but […] Read more »
New Survey Shows 3 In 5 White Evangelicals Say Joe Biden Wasn’t Legitimately Elected
Christian nationalism has effectively spread so much disinformation that three in five white evangelicals say Biden was not legitimately elected, according to the American Enterprise Institute. Morning Edition, NPR News Read more »
Racial Justice Concerns Persist Months After Floyd’s Death
More than half a year after George Floyd’s death during a police encounter ignited nationwide protests and discussion around racial justice, Americans’ belief that race relations is the top problem facing the country remains higher than it was before those events. The percentage of U.S. adults citing race-related matters — […] Read more »