Outside the Beltway

Public perception is not aligned with the top level data.

Americans are concerned about very different things.

As the Silents and Boomers die off, their assets will be redistributed.

The realignment of America’s political parties wasn’t quite what was hoped.

A credulous report strings together some anedotes and dubious polling.

It’s just resting.

The popular app is influencing the opinions of its young user base.

The theory of the Internet clashes with its reality.

The President has tepid support in the 18-29 demographic.

Not everything is racially-motivated but most things have a disparate impact.

The Silents and Boomers have been in charge too long.

The long demographic trend continues.

If the younger generation seems to be maturing later, there are good reasons.

An interesting but uneven debate.

We’ve just had an election, not psychoanalysis.

A world in which we’re all contractors is a dystopian utopia.

David Brooks joins the long line of commenters predicting the GOP’s demise.

Most of us define ourselves largely through our jobs. That’s increasingly a problem.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has managed to become a media star, but she has a lot to learn about politics.

As expected. California Senator Kamala Harris has entered the race for President.

Former HUD Secretary Julian Castro is the latest addition to the growing Democratic Presidential field.

With the 2020 Campaign set to begin as soon as the 2018 campaign ends, Democrats find themselves facing an age issue.

Delaware Democratic Senator Tom Carper beat back a challenge from a ‘progressive” challenger in Thursday’s primary.

The Texas Senate race between Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke is looking close, but Democrats should not hold out much hope of flipping this seat.

The unemployment rate hit a point unseen since Bill Clinton was President in April, but jobs and wage growth remain tepid at best.

The highest ranking Democrat in the Senate has introduced a bill that would effectively decriminalize marijuana nationwide and leave it up to each state to decide how far they wish to go with regard to cannabis regulation. It’s a huge step in the right direction.

A plurality of Americans aged 18 to 34 have no idea how many people were killed, what Auschwitz was, or how Hitler came to power.

Old-fashioned notions of journalistic neutrality are chafing young reporters in the Age of Trump.

We form stereotypes about generational cohorts when they’re very young and then freeze them.

The students who survived last week’s mass shooting in Parkland, Florida are speaking out, and some on the right are responding by engaging in personal attacks and spreading conspiracy theories.

A Federal Court in New York City is set to hear argument tomorrow in a case that essentially argues that a large swath of Federal laws regarding marijuana are unconstitutional.

Progress in Saudi Arabia, but there’s still a long way for this backward, discriminatory society to go.

A new study shows that Baby Boomers no longer account for the largest segment of voters in the United States.

Hillary Clinton’s national campaign wasn’t nearly as well-organized as we’d been led to believe.

Donald Trump is losing something much more important to him that an election.

Once again, the debate commission controlled by the two major parties is excluding third-party candidates from the Presidential debates.

America’s largest voting bloc is heavily turned off by Donald Trump, and that is posing long-term problems for Republicans in general.

Many analysts are making the argument that Marco Rubio is the GOP’s best hope to win the General Election in 2016. That may be true, but before he can get there he needs to find a way to win the GOP nomination.

To a large degree, the narrative you believe will govern the 2016 elections depend on which party you want to see win. But what’s the most likely outcome?

A new poll shows that Democratic voters are less engaged in the 2016 campaign right now than Republicans are, but that probably doesn’t mean that much for next year.

From now on, you’ll just have to read it for the articles.

Susan Crawford claims that “Cable-Only Presidential Debates are the New Poll Tax.”

Good news for the President.

The latest Census data show a changing America.

One more on this topic.

A new poll shows that Americans have moved to the left on a wide variety of social issues.

A new survey shows that Americans are becoming less Christian, and less religious overall.

The House was set to vote on a ban on abortion after 20 weeks that never would have become law today but they pulled the bill. Conservatives are annoyed, but it was smart politics in the long run.

Strong jobs growth in November means that 2014 is already the best year for jobs growth since 1999.

Important numbers in recent polling suggest big problems for Democrats on Tuesday.