Political Demographics

Pipeline and prisons and tantrums at Starbucks: these are a few of our favorite stories this week.

A new survey finds strong public support for organic food, and suspicion of GMOs — regardless of whether people vote Republican or Democratic. Also, people don't trust scientists much at all.

Voter turnout tends to be higher in battleground states, as well as those with same-day registration. These charts show what that relationship looks like.

Here's hoping that the holiday provides the rare oasis from a year full of rancor and racial strife in our politics.

Casting racism as a moral failure has had the bizarre consequence of confounding the issue for many Americans. Can anything be called racist without controversy?

Many say the Dakota Access Pipeline resistance is beyond anything they've experienced before. But there are preludes in Native American history, and you don't have to look too far back to find them.

What's popping with race this week? Here are few hardy racial matters to chew on as you head into Thanksgiving week.

Muslim commentator Beenish Ahmed says the election results "make official a nostalgia for a whiter America."

While Republicans have held relatively steady since 2008 with urban and suburban voters, they have made considerable gains in rural America.