Commentary June 1, 2022

There’s A New Age Gap On Abortion Rights

FiveThirtyEight

Daniel A. Cox

Gen Z at a Roe vs. Wade protest

Americans’ views on abortion have been relatively consistent for years despite massive demographic changes, social upheaval and shifting perspectives on sexuality. But that may be about to change.

Commentary May 12, 2022

Will Abortion Redefine the 2022 Elections?

Smerconish

Daniel A. Cox

Photo of a women's protest in front of the capitol building

Democratic losses in November seem predestined. For many political observers, the only question left is how bad will it get?

Gen Z is the most accomplished generation, but new data show they missed out on fun and family, leaving them more adrift than previous generations.

Commentary April 10, 2022

Stop Blaming Young People for Leaving Religion

National Review

Daniel A. Cox

An African American teenager male attending church.

Much of the decline in current religious commitments can be traced back to the way young adults have been raised.

For Generation Z, American religious life has been defined by its diversity. And religious pluralism has been as much practice as principle.

Diversity is not the source of our current problems; our troubling incuriosity about our neighbors is driving disconnection.

Commentary February 23, 2022

Why Are White Liberals So Pessimistic About Politics?

FiveThirtyEight

Daniel A. Cox

Thousands of protesters gathered at Mc Carren Park in Brooklyn on June 7, 2020 for a massive march around Williamsburg, making a loud call for the defunding of the police force. This comes after NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio promised 'intense change' with police reform proposals amid calls to defund law enforcement, including shifting resources from NYPD and publicizing officers' disciplinary records. (Photo by Erik McGregor/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

No one seems happy about politics these days – but White Liberals are uniquely pessimistic.

Despite the fact that the GOP is quite unpopular and that much of its current agenda, the party is in an enviable position heading into the 2022 midterm elections and beyond. Why?

Violent crime is up. Data from the FBI found that the murder rate increased nearly 30 percent in 2020. And homicides continue to rise in 2021 as well, if not by quite as much. Americans have noticed.

The Survey Center for American Life’s new survey shows a difference in needs between the pandemic unemployed and the chronically unemployed.

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.