Over the past few weeks I’ve been watching closely the recent efforts by the National Journal to prominently showcase stories, polls, and news events that highlight demography and population change. With a particular focus on politics, the “Next America” project, beginning…
[youtube=]As a professional demographer, and one who studies and collects data on people for a living, one of the issues I frequently get asked about is privacy. The topic has always been important in my work for the Weldon Cooper…
After last month’s Quinnipiac poll release for Virginia, I looked at whether there was a relationship between the improved job numbers (as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)) and Obama’s recent job approval ratings in the commonwealth. This…
The latest Quinnipiac poll of Virginia’s registered voters shows President Obama making headway against the likely Republican nominee Mitt Romney. Forty-seven percent favor the President over Romney (43%) in a hypothetical match-up; a marked improvement since late last year when…