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Analysis

 Sorry, Dems, 
 2008 Is So Last Year 

Winning coalition doesn't reemerge in gubernatorial races

Nov 4, 09 7:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Last night’s gubernatorial defeats proved to Democrats that whatever magic they harnessed last November has left the building. Off-year elections aren’t usually great predictors, but with the Democrats’ winning 2008 coalition essentially absent, the warning signs are clear, writes Dan Balz in the Washington Post. Most notably, Democrats... More »

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Jon Corzine • demographics • independents • independent voters • election • coalition • Republicans • Creigh Deeds • Christopher Christie • Bob McDonnell • Election 09

OPINION

 What Turning 30 Really Means 


Aug 4, 09 7:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - What does turning 30 mean, anyway? Sam Greenspan knows, because he got Book of Ages: 30 for his, um, 30th birthday. He runs down 11 factoids on the appropriately named 11 Points website. A sampling:
  • 30-year-olds keep resolutions: Though 26% less likely to make New Years resolutions, 30-somethings
... More »

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United States • list • aging • birthday • demographics • statistics • Sam Greenspan

(Newser) - Increased turnout by minorities in last year's election helped Barack Obama take several swing states and advance in GOP strongholds, new data from the Census Bureau shows. Turnout was 64%, the same as the last presidential election—but a growing population means that 5 million more people voted in 2008... More »

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Barack Obama • race • voting • demographics • minorities • Election 2008 • presidential election • Obama campaign

Conan Woos Far Younger
Tonight Show Crowd

O'Brien lowers median age of Tonight viewers by 10 years

Jul 6, 09 1:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - In just one month, Conan O’Brien has lowered the median age of the Tonight Show audience by 10 years, from 55 to 45, the New York Times reports. Conan has radically reshaped the demographics of the program by drawing an unprecedented number of new viewers aged 18 to 34—... More »

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television • advertising • Jay Leno • Conan O'Brien • demographics • Tonight Show • television advertising

 Japan's Latest Fad: 
 Spouse-Hunting 

Bars, bras, and baseball games get in on 'konkatsu'

Jun 29, 09 10:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some call it a passing fad, but in Japan, konkatsu—"marriage hunting"—has inspired events in venues ranging from bars to baseball stadiums, the Wall Street Journal reports. A book that uses the word, punning on the words for “marriage” and “activity,” has sold 170,... More »

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Japan • marriage • wedding • demographics • trend

ANALYSIS

As Calif. Righty Bastion, Orange County Cedes
to Rural Placer

But it's a place to hide from, not breed, change

Jun 16, 09 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Placer County, Calif.—stretching from Sacramento east to Lake Tahoe—is this generation’s Orange County, and that bodes ill for conservatives, Tom Schaller writes on FiveThirtyEight.com. Placer’s demographics and voting record are similar to the Orange County of the 1960s, which birthed the modern conservative movement.... More »

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California • Sacramento • Barry Goldwater • Orange County • demographics • Lake Tahoe • conservative movement • Placer County

Next Year's Census Will Be Biggest, Most Costly Ever 

New methods, standards as expenses soar

May 25, 09 11:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Next year’s US census will be the largest and costliest ever, requiring 140,000 workers and $15 billion, the Chicago Tribune reports. Thousands of employees have already hit the field to confirm addresses in an effort to ensure oft-underrepresented renters, minorities, and the homeless are accurately counted. Other census... More »

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demographics • US Census • Census data • 2010

(Newser) - The economy is doing a number on Americans' wanderlust. The number of people who switched residences last year dropped to 35.2 million, the lowest since 1962, the New York Times reports. The Census Bureau pegs the nation's mobility rate at 11.9%, down from 13.2% last year and... More »

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Census Bureau • Americans • demographics • Census data

ANALYSIS

 Nate Silver: 
 Win the Cities, 
 Win America 

Fast-growing urban demographic handed Obama election victory

Jan 15, 09 8:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama's strength in cities won him the election, meaning he "might be America's first urban" president, statistics whiz Nate Silver writes in Esquire. Obama's "pragmatic, superior, hip, stubborn, multicultural" ways make him unmistakably urban, Silver writes, and America's changing demographics mean that urban voters matter now more... More »

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Barack Obama • Obama 2008 • demographics • cities • Election 2008 • demographic trends • President Obama

Half of America's Population Growth Now Hispanic

Baby boom among '90s immigrants behind surge in Latino population

Oct 24, 08 6:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Hispanic baby boom accounts for more than half of America's population growth over the last decade, the Houston Chronicle reports. A survey found 50.5% of the growth in that period was among Hispanics, even though the group currently makes up just 15% of the population. The growth is... More »

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population • demographics • USA • Hispanic • Pew Hispanic Center • demographic trends

 Women Swing Back to Barack 

Sarah Palin's candidacy shook up the race, but polls show female support in line with past elections

Oct 7, 08 6:43 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Teen Abortion Rate Drops; Not So With Adults

Economic factors put 20-somethings at risk, study finds

Sep 23, 08 12:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - US teenagers are having fewer abortions than ever before, but their adult counterparts can’t say the same, Newsweek reports. According to a new, nonpartisan study, teen abortions have fallen almost 30% over the past 30 years, as millions of dollars were pumped into sex-education programs. But women aged 20-29... More »

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abortion • health care costs • sex education • birth control • demographics

ANALYSIS

'Wal-Mart Mom' Voters Swing, Will Be Crucial

Shift of working white women to GOP spells trouble for Obama

Sep 10, 08 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Polls clearly show the white women's vote swinging away from Barack Obama and it's a particular group the candidate needs to worry about most, Karen Tumulty writes in Time. Soccer moms comprised the key swing group in 1996, and "security moms" did last election, Tumulty notes. This time, it's... More »

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Barack Obama • demographics • female voters • swing voters • white women • Sarah Palin • swing states • the female vote • hockey mom

glossies

 'Kidult' Culture Hides
 Isolation, Misery


Aug 31, 08 7:38 PM CDT
(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... More »

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men • Entourage • demographics • Judd Apatow • adolescents • adulthood

ANALYSIS

 NBC's
 Olympic
 Ratings:
 Gold

Phelps' record-breaking swim is highlight of network's bonanza

Aug 20, 08 2:02 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Minorities Becoming Majority
Across US

2007 census reveals dramatic trend

Aug 7, 08 8:36 AM CDT
(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... More »

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United States • population • demographics • US Census • minorities • Census data • white people

GOP Voter Enrollment in Sustained Freefall

Year-on-year declines highly uncommon

Aug 5, 08 7:19 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Low-Income Workers Favor Obama

Most doubt outcome of election will change their personal finances

Aug 4, 08 10:22 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

  Middle Class America
 Moves Downtown

Shift could spark suburban slums, experts fear

Aug 3, 08 3:56 PM CDT
(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. "... More »

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Chicago • demographics • urbanization • cities • urban revitalization

Arizona May Not Roll for McCain

Candidate shores up support as shift in demographics pushes home state into play

Jul 24, 08 7:12 AM CDT
(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 ... More »

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

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