#voting-behavior

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fromThe Nation
2 days ago

White Farmers Are Getting a Taste of Their Own Medicine

On Monday, Donald Trump announced that his administration will give farmers a $12 billion bailout-a tacit admission that his trade policies suck. Farmers have spent much of the last year complaining about rising production costs, falling crop prices and the loss of multiple markets due to Trump's tariffs and the trade wars they have launched. All in all, farmers are projected to lose roughly $44 billion in profits this year, in large part because of Trump administration policies.
Agriculture
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Jennifer Lawrence says speaking about Trump would add fuel to a fire that's ripping the country apart'

Jennifer Lawrence will refrain from publicly criticizing the Trump administration to avoid deepening national divisions and because celebrities do not change voter behavior.
UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Reform voters more likely to live in areas with health problems, study suggests

Constituencies with poorer health outcomes showed higher support for Reform UK, especially in areas with obesity, COPD, epilepsy and many chronic conditions.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Dining across the divide: It actually scares me that potential Reform voters are not all tub-thumping thugs'

Mark Current levels of immigration are unsustainable. A lot of the people coming on small boats are honest, prepared to work, but some aren't. They could be criminals or terrorists. Yusuf Put yourself in their shoes. No one leaves a happy home, a country where they are settled and living a good life. You're talking about people who've got nothing or everything's been taken away from them. Small boat crossing is a small percentage; most of the immigration into this country is completely legal.
UK politics
UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
3 months ago

Are young women more left wing than men - and, if so, why?

Young men increasingly favor right-wing parties while young women trend left, creating a widening gender gap in political attitudes and voting among British 16–29-year-olds.
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