President Donald Trump has been paying a lot of attention to the suburbs over the last few weeks. He’s talked about protecting them from Democrats who, he says, want to “abolish” them and about protecting “suburban housewives” from the plans of presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden. A campaign focusing on […] Read more »
Trump Is Trying to Bend Reality to His Will
Disruption, disorder and disease are gripping the United States as the 2020 election draws near, leading to an unusual degree of unpredictability about our political future. Despite current state and national polling that favors Democrats, we still can’t say for sure whether the nation will tip left or right. “Modern […] Read more »
Why Trump’s Blunt Appeals to Suburban Voters May Not Work
President Trump’s latest campaign ads warn of left-wing mobs destroying American cities. His recent White House comments have depicted a rampage of violence and a “radical movement” to dissolve the police. His Twitter feed has sounded alarms over an Obama-era fair housing rule he has framed as a threat to […] Read more »
For Black Americans, 41% of Police Encounters Not Positive
Most Black Americans (59%) who report having had an interaction with a police officer in the past year say the interaction was an “overall positive experience,” while 41% say the experience was not a positive one. While a majority, the percentage of Black adults who rate their interactions with police […] Read more »
Oregonians’ Opinions About Police, Protests and Racial Injustice
DHM Research and the Oregon Values and Beliefs Center are pleased to release results from a new statewide survey on Oregonians’ opinions about police, protests and racial injustice. … • 55% of Oregonians approve of the job performance of their local police, while only 40% approve of police in the […] Read more »
Trump’s message collides with diversifying suburbs
President Donald Trump’s racially charged warnings to suburban voters about crime and housing face a fundamental headwind: the suburbs themselves are much more racially diverse than even two decades ago. In contrast to the stereotype of homogenous communities of White families behind white picket fences, in many of the largest […] Read more »