With demographic information, thinking about the future of our elections. Each year, we have new data, a new report. Says,nk, as the name about the state, not only our country, but how the states are changing over time. We also have different scenarios as to what might happen. In one way, change Voter Preferences in another. Just like every year, we have an interesting new report. We will hear from the authors of that and walk through that. We also have a particular theme this year we are emphasizing generational change. We have now seen jens he enter z entertorate gen the electorate. All of our generations are moving through the electorate. Addressess report that aspect, how things are changing, how they might change, and some of the scenarios, whether voter change their attitudes when the age into different parts of life. They age into different parts of life. We are going to have a presentation of the report. The coauthors of the report are all are three of our important partners. I
Studies at the bipartisan policy center. Of change our states event, an event we have been doing for 40 years that even goes back a couple of years beyond that. Partneredchange is a effort with the center for american progress, the Brookings Institution, and the Voter Study Group of the Democracy Fund, and also, i want to mention the participation of the American Enterprise and said to. American enterprise institute. That group has been collecting election information, combined with demographic information, thinking about the future of our elections. Each year, we have new data, a new report. Says,nk, as the name about the state, not only our country, but how the states are changing over time. We also have different scenarios as to what might happen. In one way, change Voter Preferences in another. Just like every year, we have an interesting new report. We will hear from the authors of that and walk through that. We also have a particular theme this year we are emphasizing generationa
and the big questions are, can the democrats somehow defy history, and hold on to the house, or are republicans poised for a big win? high inflation, gas prices, is the continuing covid pandemic, president biden s parties facing voters in a very bad mood this year. all republicans need to do to win the senate is to pick up one seat. it sounds easy enough, but are they actually in the process of shooting themselves in the four? how about, former president donald trump, is he helping or hurting the gop effort? and he does end up hurting it, will he end up hurting himself, when it comes to 2024? what about the end of roe v. wade? is it mobilizing democrats? and then, there is that major shift that we saw in 2020. hispanic voters abandoning democrats, and voting republican. it is accelerating even more this year. 99 days to go. let s get to it. let s start at the place where at least, for me it s all gonna and in 99 days from now, or i should say, it will start two and 99 days fr
poised for a big wave? high inflation, gas prices, the continuing covid pandemic, president biden s party is facing voters in a very bad mood this year. all republicans need to do to win the senate is to pick up one seat. it sounds easy enough, but are they actually in the process of shooting themselves in the foot? how about former president donald trump, is he helping or hurting the gop effort? and if he does end up hurting it, will he end up hurting himself, when it comes to 2024? what about the end of roe v. wade? is it mobilizing democrats? and then, there is that major shift that we saw in 2020. hispanic voters abandoning democrats and voting republican. it is accelerating even more this year. 99 days to go. let s get to it. let s start at the place where at least, for me it s all gonna end in 99 days from now, or i should say, it will start to end 99 days from now, because elections no longer take place in one night. it will be election week this year. i think that is
Serious readers. Good afternoon, everyone. Im Karlyn Bowman and its a great pleasure for me to welcome all of you and our cspan audience to the saponins event to celebrate the publication of henry olsons new book the working class republican Ronald Reagan the return of buecollar conservatism. Henry is a senior fellow at the ethics and Public Policy center, a former aei colleague and a member in Good Standing of apis election launch team. Henry arrived at aei in 2006 and we soon bonded over politics and especially what was then a somewhat obscure demographic with the pollsters called some college come people with the technical vocational or committee College Education pick this group was a large, but onethird of voters and had a nearperfect track record of voting for the winter in president ial elections. This loosely defined group, roughly synonymous with the workingclass, wasnt it is especially important in our politics. In the book and ray shows how reagans preferences match those of