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Mar 06 2023
Perspectives Blog
When Crime Makes a Comeback
From the CenterJoe Biden picked a fight with the Democratic Party last week. If his party is smart enough to listen to him, both he and they could end up winning that fight.
For the formative decades of Biden’s political career, candidates of either party who could credibility present themselves as “tough on crime” almost always began their campaigns with a significant advantage.
Dan SchnurMar 13 2022
Data
The polarization in today’s Congress has roots that go back decades
It’s become commonplace among observers of U.S. politics to decry partisan polarization in Congress. Indeed, a Pew Research Center analysis finds that, on average, Democrats and Republicans are farther apart ideologically today than at any time in the past 50 years.
But the dynamics behind today’s congressional polarization have been long in the making. The analysis of members’
Pew Research CenterOct 02 2016
News
The Revenge of the Discouraged ‘Deplorables’
Over half a million people are currently not looking for work “because they believe there are no jobs.” As a demographic, the Labor Department technically labels these people “discouraged.” Many of them live in battleground states, and they may end up swinging the election to Donald Trump.
National Review (News)Jun 10 2021
Data
What makes a news story trustworthy? Americans point to the outlet that publishes it, sources cited
Americans see a variety of factors as important when it comes to deciding whether a news story is trustworthy or not, but their attitudes vary by party affiliation, demographic characteristics and news consumption habits, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey.
Overall, broad majorities of U.S. adults say it is at least somewhat important to consider each of five surveyed
Pew Research CenterAug 08 2022
News
Don't Believe the Media Senate Psych-Out - We’ll Win Big
Now that most of the Senate races are set, expect the regime media to start up with its newest narrative, that we can’t win and that the red wave will peter out into flaccid humiliation like a Bulwark staffer in the back seat on prom night. But it’s all a lie. This November, we’re going to mop the floor with these losers.
Yes, the Democrats’ zillionaire corps is flooding the lib
TownhallApr 16 2022
Opinion
Why American Teens Are So Sad
The United States is experiencing an extreme teenage mental-health crisis. From 2009 to 2021, the share of American high-school students who say they feel “persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness” rose from 26 percent to 44 percent, according to a new CDC study. This is the highest level of teenage sadness ever recorded.
The government survey of almost 8,000 high-school students
The AtlanticOct 29 2016
News
Early Voting Bolsters Hillary Clinton in Key States
Democrat Hillary Clinton appears to have a slight edge over Republican rival Donald Trump in a number of battleground states and among important demographic groups based on an analysis of the millions of votes already cast both at polling places and by absentee ballot.
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 11 2022
Analysis
New congressional district map largely a victory for Democrats
Democrats won a victory Wednesday when the New Jersey Redistricting Commission approved the party’s preferred new congressional map after the tiebreaker, former Supreme Court Justice John Wallace, backed the party’s map in what was otherwise a party-line vote.
The new map will shore up competitive North Jersey districts held by Reps. Mikie Sherrill (D-11) and Josh Gottheimer (D-05) by
New Jersey MonitorSep 06 2016
News
Poll: Nine weeks out, a near even race
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton start the race to November 8 on essentially even ground, with Trump edging Clinton by a scant two points among likely voters, and the contest sparking sharp divisions along demographic lines in a new CNN/ORC Poll.
CNN DigitalFeb 22 2022
News
Republicans make gains among Hispanic voters: Poll
The GOP gains among Hispanic voters aren’t fading away after the 2020 election.
A poll by the National Republican Congressional Committee shows the party continuing to cut into the Democratic Party’s share of Hispanic voters. In 2020 exit polls, Democrats won Hispanic voters, 63%-36%. In the NRCC’s survey , Hispanic voters in battleground districts back the Democrats only 44%-37%. That'
Washington Examiner