… Most Americans are skeptical about paying college athletes. But public opinion on this divides sharply by race. Most whites oppose “pay for play”; most African Americans support it. Why is opinion on this issue so polarized by race? Because a disproportionately large percentage of college basketball and football players […] Read more »
Gallup Vault: 72% Support for Anti-Lynching Bill in 1937
Although seven U.S. presidents petitioned Congress to take action and Congress itself introduced more than 200 anti-lynching bills between 1882 and 1968, the U.S. Congress never made lynching a federal crime. But some of the earliest Gallup polls conducted found majorities of Americans consistently supporting the passage of such a […] Read more »
We asked about Kanye in our poll and the results are not positive
Over half of Americans who heard about Kanye West’s comments on politics and slavery say he made them because he is seeking publicity, according to a CNN poll conducted by SSRS. Only 39% think West really believes in what he is saying. … The musician’s favorability rating is currently at […] Read more »
Macomb and America’s new political moment
On the one-year anniversary of the Trump presidency, Democracy Corps traveled to Michigan to speak with the white working class Obama-Trump voters of Macomb County, the African American women of Detroit and the college educated women of suburban Southfield. Each, in their own way, had contributed to one of the […] Read more »
You Can’t Separate Money From Culture
Why did white working-class voters shift toward Donald Trump in the 2016 election? Was it about money or culture — their struggles in the new economy or their prejudices? … To be sure, racism is a corrosive part of American culture and politics. Nevertheless, those who try to distinguish between […] Read more »
They Voted for Obama, Then Went for Trump. Can Democrats Win Them Back?
… The swing of Obama voters to Mr. Trump proved a decisive factor in the 2016 presidential election. Of the more than 650 counties that chose Mr. Obama twice, about a third flipped to Mr. Trump. Many were in states critical to Mr. Trump’s win, like Iowa, Michigan, Ohio and […] Read more »