Voters Rarely Switch Parties, but Recent Shifts Further Educational, Racial Divergence
Neither party nets an overall advantage from the 9% of voters who have switched since 2018.
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Neither party nets an overall advantage from the 9% of voters who have switched since 2018.
Many legislators in four English-speaking countries directly addressed George Floyd’s killing and the subsequent protests on Twitter.
As the nation’s economy contracted at a record rate in recent months, the group’s unemployment rate rose sharply, particularly among Hispanic women, and remains higher among Hispanic workers than U.S. workers overall.
A majority of voters said it is very or somewhat important to them to get messages from the presidential campaigns about important issues.
Republicans have long held more unfavorable views of China than Democrats, but such views have climbed among both parties over the past year.
Unfavorable views of China reach new historic high, and a majority supports taking a tougher stand on human rights.
U.S. adults in this group are less likely to get the facts right about COVID-19 and politics and more likely to hear some unproven claims.
Between February and June 2020, the share of young adults who are neither enrolled in school nor employed has more than doubled.
Compared with 2000, suburban populations are less engaged in the labor market, experiencing declining incomes and seeing home values that have not kept pace with those of the central cities.
Those who have not responded to the census so far are likely to be from groups the census previously has struggled to count accurately.
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