New CUNY scholarship on matching voters with their preferred parties – the future of democracy?
Could this be the future of democracy? Imagine deciding for which candidate or political party you should vote for in an election – what is the basis of your decision? Voting decisions are no an easy tasks, and the data show it. For example, in the 2016 presidential election a [...]
President Trump is trailing in the polls in key battleground states and states once thought safe
With less than five months to go until the November presidential elections, a slew of recent polls show President Trump losing ground in key battleground states as well as in states once thought safely in the red column. Overall, the president’s job approval is down to 42.1 points, the lowest [...]
BLM, racism and anti-police-violence demonstrations across the globe
The violent death of George Floyd last week by a police officer and several police bystanders initiated demonstrations and other democratic responses first across the United States, and then around the world. The protests are directed against racism and police violence, to show their solidarity with the urgent plea of [...]
Our biggest challenge is racism
After the killing of George Floyd this week, following other recent high-profile killings of innocent African-Americans by law enforcement or private citizens shielded by law enforcement, we want to share with you today's words of the Interim President of the City University of New York's Graduate Center, James Muyskens. We [...]
Deepening partisan divides over Corona virus in the US
As the US is nearing the number of 100,000 death from the corona virus outbreak, new data suggest a deepening divide along party lines. According to a new AP-NORC poll, Republicans are significantly more likely to resume their pre-outbreak activities than Democrats as states are easing restrictions. This includes things [...]
What gives us hope
The Covid-19 crisis persists and takes terrible tolls on life, health and livelihood, highlights and deepens racial and social inequalities and injustices, exposes problems or failures of capitalism and political decision-making, permeating all aspects of society. There are a few developments that give cause for hope though, which we observed [...]