Latino support for the GOP presidential nominee is cratering—dropping ten percent per election since 2004. But it’s nothing compared to the party’s problem with Muslims, who used to be a small but growing pillar of the party with a natural affinity for its cultural and economic ideologies.
Journalism made immense strides during the 2012 campaign in data gathering, analysis, and visualization, greatly expanding journalists’ toolkit even as some were loathe to use these new tools. But it still pales in contrast to the knowledge and abilities of then campaigns these new tools are meant to pick apart.
Inside McCormick Place last night, features editor David Bernstein and editor-in-chief Elizabeth Fenner mixed with the crowd to watch the election results come in. Here are some highlights.
A few hours before rally participants are allowed into the convention hall, the sound team does a mic check to Dr. Seuss’s Green Eggs and Ham. Take a peek behind the scenes…
As national outlets map out their divinations for tonight’s returns, it’s worth taking a look at knowledgable people close to the scene, who often pick up on developing patterns before they’re felt nationally.
Research by a University of Chicago prof shows that our political parties aren’t just divided red-blue down the aisle—each party has a centrist wing and a more ideologically pure wing, with a noticeable valley between the two.
As you might guess, TV viewers often give Apple’s visually engaging ads a pass from the DVR. How about political ads? Even though everyone claims to not like politicians, they’re apparently more welcome on the TV than that omnipresent, insufferable little gecko.
As both candidates battle down to the wire, and as Americans wait for the results to come in, Carol Felsenthal rounds up the most interesting—and amusing—Chicago-related political stories…
All eyes are on Ohio—but I’m interested in my home state, which has been polling in favor of Obama, who’s got an 80 percent chance of winning. He looks like the favorite, but to win he’ll have to maintain 2008’s unlikely voting patterns.
The head of her famous family’s philanthropy arm says that abortion and lifestyle choices are not “priority issues” for Romney, and she discusses Mitt, the person—not the candidate…
