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  • October 2008

    • Women Swing Back to Barack

      Chicago Tribune  |  Oct 7, 08 6:43 PM CDT

      Women Swing Back to Barack

      (Newser) - Sarah Palin’s novel influence on the presidential campaign appears to have waned, and the “gender gap” among voters has reverted to that in past elections, the Chicago Tribune reports. That means women favor Democrat Barack Obama over Republican John McCain. Women will support Obama by a margin of between four and 11 percentage points on Election Day, predicts a scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • female voters  • swing states  • demographics  • polls

  • September 2008
  • August 2008

    • 'Kidult' Culture Hides Isolation, Misery

      Newsweek  |  Aug 31, 08 7:38 PM CDT

      'Kidult' Culture Hides Isolation, Misery

      (Newser) - Today’s twentysomething men are a bunch of “kidults” and “thresholders,” writes Tony Dokoupil in Newsweek , content to stretch the transition from adolescence to adulthood into a decade of dude-centric activities like drinking, skirt-chasing, and mastering fire (“I’ll grill that potato salad,” one buddy boasts). But underneath the beers and jeers lie one of the most isolated—and, for the first time, downwardly mobile—demographics. More »

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      men  • demographics  • Judd Apatow  • Entourage  • adolescents

    • NBC's Olympic Ratings: Gold

      Variety  |  Aug 20, 08 2:02 PM CDT

      NBC's Olympic Ratings: Gold

      (Newser) - NBC’s Olympic coverage smashed the competition last week, in what Variety suggests could be the most decisive rout in television history. Viewership was buoyed by Michael Phelps’ record-breaking gold-medal performance Saturday; in addition, NBC’s various networks reached a staggering 83% of the US. The margins were the biggest in Nielsen ratings history. More »

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      2008 Beijing Olympics  • NBC  • Michael Phelps  • demographics  • TV ratings  • Nielsen Ratings  • viewership

    • Minorities Becoming Majority Across US

      USA Today  |  Aug 7, 08 8:36 AM CDT

      Minorities Becoming Majority Across US

      (Newser) - The white population has declined in more than half of US counties, marking a dramatic shift in America's human landscape, reports USA Today. The data from the 2007 census, released today, reveals a continuing trend of immigration and growth within minority populations, coupled with slow or no growth among many white communities. More »

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      United States  • demographics  • population  • minorities  • whites  • Census data  • census

    • GOP Voter Enrollment in Sustained Freefall

      New York Times  |  Aug 5, 08 7:19 AM CDT

      GOP Voter Enrollment in Sustained Freefall

      (Newser) - Disenchanted voters have left Republican Party enrollment in freefall since 2005, with more Americans registering either with the Democrats or no party at all. While changes in party membership are common, a sustained drop like that is remarkable, say psephologists. The shift might have little effect on this year's presidential race, but it bodes ill for GOP chances in state and local elections. More »

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      GOP  • Republican Party  • demographics  • voter registration  • party identification

    • Low-Income Workers Favor Obama

      Washington Post  |  Aug 4, 08 10:22 AM CDT

      Low-Income Workers Favor Obama

      (Newser) - Low-income workers favor Barack Obama over John McCain by a whopping 2 to 1 margin, a new Washington Post poll shows, but they doubt that Obama or any other politician will improve their lives. Obama owes much of his edge to overwhelming support from black and Hispanic voters, but even among whites he holds a 47%-37% lead, contradicting the popular perception that he will struggle in that demographic. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • poll  • demographics  • poll numbers  • low income voters

    • Middle Class America Moves Downtown

      New Republic  |  Aug 3, 08 3:56 PM CDT

      Middle Class America Moves Downtown

      (Newser) - Middle class Americans are moving back downtown, pushing out minority groups and reversing the 20th century trend of "white flight," Alan Ehrenhalt writes in the New Republic . Why the shift? Downtown areas are safer, industries have moved out, and rising fuel prices make suburban commutes less attractive. "Our own cities have been changing right in front of us," Ehrenhalt writes. More »

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      Chicago  • demographics  • cities  • urban revitalization  • urbanization

  • July 2008

    • Arizona May Not Roll for McCain

      New York Times  |  Jul 24, 08 7:12 AM CDT

      Arizona May Not Roll for McCain

      (Newser) - Al Gore's 2000 loss of Tennessee aside, normally a presidential candidate can expect to win his home state relatively easily. But this month John McCain, a full press retinue in tow, made a campaign stop in Arizona, shaking hands and encouraging volunteers to get out the vote. As the New York Times writes, Arizona's demographics are changing, and McCain's own campaign now lists the state he's served for more than 25 years as one of its battlegrounds. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Election 2008  • Arizona  • swing states  • demographics  • Janet Napolitano

    • White Flight Slows, Stops, Reverses

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 19, 08 7:08 AM CDT

      White Flight Slows, Stops, Reverses

      (Newser) - White Americans are reversing a decades-old trend by moving back to big cities, the Wall Street Journal reports. In cities like Boston, Washington DC, Seattle and Atlanta, the white population is rising again as suburbanites flock to live in newly trendy city centers—and affluent African-Americans move to the suburbs. Eight of the 50 largest cities saw the proportion of whites increase between 2000 and 2006. More »

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      demographics  • African-Americans  • cities  • suburbs  • Gentrification  • white people

    • Record US Births Top Boomer Peak

      ABC News  |  Jul 18, 08 4:46 AM CDT

      Record US Births Top Boomer Peak

      (Newser) - More Americans were born last year than in any other in history, reports ABC News. The 4,315,000 bundles of joy even top the Baby Boom at its peak. The expanding population is expected to put more pressure on scarce resources, but all those new taxpayers will help foot Medicare bills for the original Boomers, say experts. More »

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      baby  • fertility  • demographics  • birth  • birth rate  • Baby Boom generation  • baby boom

    • Cellphone Users Are Missing From Polls

      Salon  |  Jul 14, 08 7:58 AM CDT

      Cellphone Users Are Missing From Polls

      (Newser) - Pollsters are setting themselves up for an embarrassment, Salon predicts, by using only landlines i