#1654 Demographics of Democracy: Decoding cohorts of voters that will decide the election (Updated)

Air Date 9/10/2024

It's said that we live in a melting pot here in the United States. Perhaps it's more of a salad bar, who knows? In any case, there are a lot of people coming from a lot of different backgrounds, cultures, histories, and geographies all about to vote in a few weeks. Today, we try to understand, at least roughly, how people’s backgrounds influence their vote.

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: A conversation about how demographic changes could impact the 2024 election - The NPR Politics Podcast - Air Date 9-3-24

KP 2: The Gender Gap Is Widening In The 2024 Election - What A Day - Air Date 9-4-24

KP 3: Why So Many Young Men Are Leaving Democrats for Republicans in 2024 - WSJ State of the Stat - Air Date 8-19-24

KP 4: What Will Black Male Voters Do In 2024? - AJ+ - Air Date 7-7-24

KP 5: Ian Haney López, "Dog Whistle Politics: Coded Racism and Inequality for All" - Brown University - Air Date 8-23-17

KP 6: How Michigan explains American politics - Vox - Air Date 1-11-24

(50:47) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On the nature of demographic cohorts and the movement of the Democratic Party

DEEPER DIVES

(57:01) SECTION A: THE MIXED BAG

(1:28:15) SECTION B: LATINO AND BLACK VOTERS

(2:03:35) SECTION C: WHITE AND RURAL VOTERS

SHOW IMAGE

Description: A composite image showing red and blue silhouettes of men and women yelling at each other, two with megaphones. A faded diptych of V.P. Harris and D. Trump are in the background.

Credit: Composite Design: A. Hoffman.

Photo 1: “Kamala Harris” by Gage Skidmore, Flickr | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 | Changes: Cropped, faded

Photo 2: “Donald Trump” by Gage Skidmore, Flickr | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 | Changes: Cropped, faded

 

 

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