Newsletter December 29, 2022

My Favorite Findings From 2022

Daniel A. Cox

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What our top charts and figures say about the country’s future

We’re days away from 2023, but before closing the book on 2022 I want to take a moment to reflect on what we’ve learned this year. Selecting just five charts to highlight a full year’s worth of work is extraordinarily difficult and inherently subjective. The following charts are not necessarily ones that attracted an inordinate amount of attention, were uniquely provocative, or are even all that surprising. In reviewing the 100+ charts and figures we produced in 2022, I was guided more by what these findings say about the country’s future. So, without further ado, here are my favorite findings from 2022.

#1 Abortion Supercharged Young Female Voters in 2022

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2022 Abortion Church Democratic Party Gen Z White Evangelical Protestant

Survey Reports

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Daniel A. Cox, Kelsey Eyre Hammond
September 24, 2024

The Politics of Progress and Privilege: How America’s Gender Gap Is Reshaping the 2024 Election

Americans are increasingly divided on gendered issues. A new report by the Survey Center on American Life provides context for how these divisions might impact the results of the 2024 Presidential election.

Daniel A. Cox, Sam Pressler
August 22, 2024

Disconnected: The Growing Class Divide in American Civic Life

Disconnected: Places and Spaces presents new survey findings that suggest Americans are less connected than ever before.

Daniel A. Cox, Kyle Gray, Kelsey Eyre Hammond
May 28, 2024

An Unsettled Electorate: How Uncertainty and Apathy Are Shaping the 2024 Election

A survey of more than 6,500 US adults focused on the 2024 presidential election reveals a pessimistic and unsettled American electorate fractured by education, ideology, class, and gender.

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Daniel A. Cox, Kelsey Eyre Hammond, Kyle Gray
November 9, 2023

Generation Z and the Transformation of American Adolescence: How Gen Z’s Formative Experiences Shape Its Politics, Priorities, and Future

This report explores the foundational differences between American generations through their formative adolescent experiences.