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March 20, 2017

Partisanship increasingly colors perceptions of SCOTUS nominees

A different kind of March Madness descends upon Washington today as the Senate Judiciary Committee begins Judge Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation hearings. Gorsuch appears to have the votes to be confirmed as the next associate justice of the Supreme Court. The verdict on Judge Gorsuch in the court of public opinion polling, however, has become more […]

February 16, 2017

Testing the Electoral College: Question Wording Matters

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Since the founding of the Republic, Americans have elected 44 men as president over the course of nearly five dozen presidential elections. In just five of those elections, the winner of the popular vote was not also the winner of the Electoral College and thus was not elected president. Most recently, Hillary Clinton won the […]

January 31, 2017

Obama’s Legacy Likely to be as Polarizing as his Presidency

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A recent national survey conducted by Quinnipiac University asked respondents who they considered as the best president of the past 70 years. Two presidents rose to the top of the heap – Ronald Reagan (30{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222}) and Barack Obama (29{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222}). Both Reagan’s and Obama’s support is buoyed by respondents from their respective political party. In addition, […]

April 29, 2016

Three Ways Millennial Runners Break the Generation’s Stereotype

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Three ways millennial runners break the generation’s stereotype Today, 42 million Americans are considered either a runner or jogger, and about 43% of them are millennials (born between 1980-2000.)[i] While, nationally, the generation only makes up about 25% of the population, millennials have an oversized impact on the running community.[ii] For a generation considered to […]

April 29, 2016

Millenials: Will They Make or Break Hillary Clinton?

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There’s little doubt that millennial Americans (ages 18-29) lean to the left. In fact, a Rock the Vote and USA Today “Millennial Survey” conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs in March shows that 47{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} of millennial voters identify as Democrats while 25{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} identify as Republican. And, exit polls from previous elections show that strong support from […]