September, 2012
[09.28.2012]
Despite the common refrain that white working-class voters are heavily influenced by cultural “wedge” issues like abortion, white college-educated Americans’ vote choice is actually more affected by their stance on this issue.
[09.28.2012]
Nate Silver calculates the probability that 2012 might actually resemble 2008. His conclusion? Obama now has a 20% chance of actually beating his 2008 margin in the popular vote.
[09.27.2012]
White voters with no college degree remain an important part of the GOP coalition, even as their numbers shrink.
[09.27.2012]
Was Jimmy Carter the most religious president ever? And, if elected, would Mitt Romney take that title away?
[09.26.2012]
A pilot program in the New York City public schools is providing Plan B, a form of emergency contraception, to girls age 14 and older. Parents have been given the opportunity to opt their daughters out of the program, but few have done so.
[09.25.2012]
Test your knowledge of white working-class Americans with this quiz from the Nathan Cummings Foundation, based on the findings from PRRI’s recent survey.
[09.25.2012]
The appointment of Salvadore Cordileone as Catholic Archbishop in the San Francisco Bay Area is raising some red flags for gay and lesbian Catholics.
[09.24.2012]
Last Thursday, September 20, we were honored to have Thomas B. Edsall, a professor of journalism at Columbia University and a contributor to the New York Times’ Campaign Stops blog, and John Sides, a professor of political science at the George Washington University and a co-founder of the political science blog, “The Monkey Cage,” speak on a panel as part of the release of the 2012 Race, Class, and Culture Survey. Both Edsall and Sides posted articles on their respective blogs which discuss “Beyond Guns and God: Understanding the Complexities of the White Working Class in America.”
[09.24.2012]
This weekend, Dr. Robert P. Jones appeared on State of Belief Radio to discuss the findings of “Beyond Guns and Gun: Understanding the Complexities of the White Working Class in America.”
[09.24.2012]
Prominent black clergy in Maryland are supporting a referendum in their state to legalize same-sex marriage. This shows, as Dr. Robert P. Jones wrote earlier this summer, that black voters are unlikely to abandon Obama over his support for the issue.
