Trends in Society

November 1st, 2024
Voters in 41 states will decide on 146 statewide ballot measures.
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November 1st, 2024
79% of Americans identify as a person of faith. But only half of them are likely vote in November. A Barna study explains how we can motivate people of faith to turn out to the polls.
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November 1st, 2024
More than 29 million early votes have been cast in-person and another 25.9 million mail ballots have been returned.
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October 30th, 2024
By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – October 17, 2024 Five states and D.C. may join the experiment. Yet Alaska is a warning. The details differ, but the most grandiose proposals would end party primaries in favor of “jungle primaries.” Under Colorado’s Proposition 131, all candidates would appear on the same primary ballot. The top four would move on to...
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October 30th, 2024
By: Jeff Bezos – washingtonpost.com – October 28, 2024 A note from our owner. Jeff Bezos is the owner of The Washington Post. In the annual public surveys about trust and reputation, journalists and the media have regularly fallen near the very bottom, often just above Congress. But in this year’s Gallup poll, we have managed to fall below Congress. Our...
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October 28th, 2024
By: Molly Ball – wsj.com – October 27, 2024 Voters see permanent damage to the country if their candidate loses; ‘There are not enough gummies I can take to soothe the angst!’ With little more than a week to go in what could be the closest presidential election in American history, the nation is on edge. Voters see permanent damage...
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October 28th, 2024
Was it just a coincidence that Vice President Harris showed up, 15 minutes late, to be interviewed by Fox News’ Bret Baier a day before Nate Silver’s poll aggregation website showed her chances of winning the election slipping below 50 percent? Probably not. What may link Ms. Harris’ slide in the polls and her tardy appearance for an interview in...
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October 17th, 2024
Young women say they are fighting for their bodies. Young men say they are fighting for their dignity.
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October 15th, 2024
As the final weeks of the 2024 presidential election campaign unfold, it appears that the outcome of the close race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will depend on which candidate does a more effective job of getting their supporters to vote. A new national survey by the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University, led by Dr. George Barna,...
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October 11th, 2024
Voters in the western part of the battleground state, which was hit hard by the storm, will be able to drop off completed absentee ballots to any county election board.
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