I’ve just gotten off the phone with a pleasant but hapless young man named Nate, whose only crime is that he is trying to
Category: Demographics/Polls
Political poll: Too late at night, too early in the election cycle
A 202 area code on caller ID usually means that I’m not picking up. It’s going to be political—probably a plea for money. But
How American is “American”?
Before we start, I have a little… activity. Close your eyes. Well, maybe not; I need you to keep reading. Anyway. In your mind’s
A Republican Congresswoman’s district survey, annotated by a “Democrat” constituent
My Congressional representative wants my input for her annual district survey. I just received it in the mail, and I’m glad she asked. But as
Dear Senator Warren, we need you to be president
The title of Noam Scheiber’s November cover story in the New Republic is: “Hillary’s Nightmare: A Democratic Party That Realizes Its Soul Lies with
American disunity: I’m finally beginning to understand it
After years, no, decades, of wondering why all American voters don’t think and act the same way I do, I finally found something approaching an
Several nations, divided
We are not just one nation. We are eleven, according to Colin Woodard in a recent Tufts magazine article. He focuses on