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Sep 03 2020
News
Trump's Base Is Shrinking As Whites Without A College Degree Continue To Decline
President Trump's base has gotten smaller.
That's a key finding of an analysis of how the U.S. electorate has changed since 2016, based on census data analyzed by the Brookings Institution and NPR.
In 2016, Trump was helped to victory by winning a record margin among white voters without a college degree. But in the last four years, they have declined as a share of the voting-
NPR (Online News)Jun 29 2021
News
Arizona ballot audit shows signs of backfiring on GOP
When Arizona Republicans first pushed for a partisan audit of the 2020 presidential ballots cast in the Phoenix metropolitan area, they argued that they needed to know if any irregularities or fraud caused President Trump to lose this rapidly evolving swing state.
But the audit itself could be damaging Republican prospects, according to a new Bendixen & Amandi International poll,
PoliticoAug 12 2020
Data
Just Facts: Gun Control
This research is based upon the most recent available data in 2019. Facts from earlier years are cited based upon availability and relevance, not to slant results by singling out specific years that are different from others. Likewise, data associated with the effects of gun control laws in various geographical areas represent random, demographically diverse places in which such data is
Just FactsMar 03 2016
News
Census 2015 population estimates show increasing cultural division and political polarization
The Census Bureau has delivered its annual Christmas gift to demographic junkies, its estimates of the populations of the 50 states and the District of Columbia for mid-2015.
They show where the nation has been growing since the April 2010 Census head-count, a period that follows the end of the 2007-09 recession and includes three-fourths of the Obama presidency. They show what states
Sep 11 2013
News
Run Silent, Run Scared
Most agree Congress should not be exempt from Obamacare. Most members of Congress think they just received a tremendous personal gift on Obamacare, courtesy of President Obama, and paid for by taxpayers. But according to a new poll, this issue cuts across all demographics with unrivaled unanimity: if they accept the gift, they put themselves at risk of losing reelection. What’s a congressman
The Weekly StandardJun 17 2021
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Crisis at the border: How it happened and what is being done
When President Joe Biden took office in January, there was an expectation that changes to policies on the southern border would help reverse the crisis there.
But what resulted was a surge in arriving migrants, some believing that Biden's friendlier approach toward immigration compared to his predecessor, former President Donald Trump, would make the end result of the arduous process
ABC News (Online)Oct 02 2012
Opinion
Marriage Equality Now a Mainstream Value
Earlier this year President Barack Obama made history by becoming the first sitting president to endorse marriage equality for same-sex couples. Recent polls reveal that the presidents position on the issue now falls squarely in line with the increasing majority of Americans who support the freedom to marry. These polls show increased support among nearly every single demographic group,
Center For American ProgressMay 09 2013
News
Blacks outvoted whites in 2012, the first time on record
A new Census Bureau report provides more evidence that the changing demographics of the United States are having a deep impact at the voting booth.
The report on the 2012 election found that for the first time on record, black voters turned out to the presidential polls at a higher rate than whites. More than 66% of eligible blacks voted in the presidential contest that pit President
CNN (Online News)Oct 12 2020
News
These 6 swing states are pivotal in the White House race. But what are the keys to winning each state?
USA TODAY Network reporters explore battlegrounds within 6 swing states– the keys to the political map in the states likely to choose the next president.
Six states above all others have emerged as the top electoral prizes in the 2020 race for president.
Three are Great Lakes battlegrounds that Donald Trump carried four years ago by less than a percentage point: Wisconsin,
USA TODAYJul 22 2020
News
Meet the Young Conservatives Pushing Market-Based Climate Solutions
Environmentalism has long been a cause championed more by the left than the right, and in our increasingly polarized times, the movement’s tone and demographic has shifted further leftward. Instead of campaigns promoting clean air and water, encouraging recycling, and subsidizing alternative fuel sources, progressives now call for “climate justice.” The Green New Deal, to take the most obvious
The Dispatch