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    7. Foreign policy, the parties and Obama

    The GOP continues to have an advantage over the Democratic Party as the party the public says is best able to handle several foreign policy issues, while the Democratic Party holds an advantage when it comes to handling global climate change. More say the Republican Party could do a better job making wise decisions about […]

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    Is speaking Spanish necessary to be Hispanic? Most Hispanics say no

    During Saturday’s Republican presidential debate in South Carolina, Marco Rubio questioned (in English) whether Ted Cruz speaks Spanish. Cruz responded in Spanish with a challenge to Rubio to discuss their views on immigration in that language. Rubio’s confrontation with Cruz, who recently became the first Hispanic to win the Iowa caucuses, was interpreted by some […]

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    7. How religion may affect educational attainment: scholarly theories and historical background

    Religion and education, two of humankind’s most ancient endeavors, have long had a close relationship. Historians and social scientists have written about this relationship and about how the two may influence each other. This chapter presents a broad overview of scholarly research into the ways religion can affect educational achievement. It is not an exhaustive […]

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    1. Europeans see ISIS, climate change as most serious threats

    Among the myriad threats that Europe faces in 2016, the scourge of ISIS registers most strongly. In fact, ISIS is either tied or seen as the greatest threat in nine of the 10 European countries surveyed. But it is not the only high-profile threat felt in Europe. More than half in all European countries surveyed […]

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    2. Views of race relations

    There’s no consensus among American adults about the state of race relations in the U.S.: 48% say race relations are generally bad, and 44% say they are generally good. Similarly, when asked about the amount of attention paid to race and racial issues in the country these days, about as many say there is too […]

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    1. Looking Forward to 2016: The Changing Latino Electorate

    The number of Hispanic eligible voters has grown at one of the fastest clips of any group over the past eight years and is projected to be 40% higher in 2016 than in 2008, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of government data. U.S.-citizen Hispanics who turn 18 are the primary source of […]

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    Hispanic News Media: Fact Sheet

    Last updated June 2016 The Hispanic news media market in the U.S. speaks to a major portion of the country – as of 2014, there are 55 million Hispanics in the U.S., making up 17% of the total population. Because the number of immigrant arrivals from Latin America has slowed, the population is becoming increasingly […]

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    References

    Cook Political Report. Electoral Scorecards. Accessed online at http://cookpolitical.com/ on January 8, 2016. File, Thom. 2015. “Who Votes? Congressional Elections and the American Electorate: 1978-2014.” Washington, D.C.: U.S. Census Bureau, July. Accessed online at http://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2015/demo/p20-577.pdf on Dec. 4, 2015. Hur, Aram and Christopher H. Achen. 2013. “Coding Voter Turnout Responses in the Current Population Survey.” […]

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