Politics and Elections
January 29, 2025
Romantic Recession: How Politics, Pessimism, and Anxiety Shape American Courtship
A new report by the Survey Center on American life finds that safety concerns and declining trust are reshaping modern dating, leaving many singles feeling pessimistic about their prospects. Sharp gender divides in attitudes toward dating apps, trust, and relationships reveal how these challenges are redefining the search for connection.
October 16, 2024
All the single ladies are backing Kamala
Unmarried women make up a whopping 25% of the electorate — and that's bad news for Donald Trump.
Unmarried women make up a whopping 25% of the electorate — and that’s bad news for Donald Trump. Continue Reading →
September 24, 2024
The Politics of Progress and Privilege: How America’s Gender Gap Is Reshaping the 2024 Election
Americans are increasingly divided on gendered issues. A new report by the Survey Center on American Life provides context for how these divisions might impact the results of the 2024 Presidential election. Continue Reading →
August 28, 2024
Kamala’s Gen Z problem
Harris is popular among young voters, like Obama in 2008. But the comparisons stop there.
In the 48 hours after Kamala Harris announced her run for president on July 21, nearly 40,000 people registered to vote on vote.org — 83% of whom were under 35. Continue Reading →
July 15, 2024
The GOP is Poised to Make Gains With Young Voters
Of the many ways that Donald Trump has scrambled the country’s political demography, none is more surprising than the way he changed the GOP’s relationship with young voters. Continue Reading →
June 20, 2024
The Surprising Issue That Could Help Biden With Young Voters
Young voters are less supportive of Biden than they were in 2020. Embracing immigration may be the key to reclaiming the youth vote. Continue Reading →
Generation Uncoupled
Generation Uncoupled: America's New Gender Divide and the Crisis of Human Connection
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Daniel A. Cox
July 23, 2026
A Digital Divide in American Adolescence: Gender, Class, and the New Teenage Experience
If teenage years once represented a time of rebellion, teenagers’ lives today are marked less by pushing boundaries and more by building their own. Many teenage experiences are less common than they once were—dating, working a part-time job, and experimenting with drugs and alcohol are less common experiences. The 2026 American Teenagers Survey from the Continue Reading →
Daniel A. Cox, Jae Grace, Avery Shields
April 27, 2026
Strangers Next Door: The Decline of Neighborhood Socializing and the Class Divide in Belonging
Acknowledgment The American Enterprise Institute’s Survey Center on American Life is grateful to the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation for its generous support of this research. As Americans spend more of their time online, the neighborhood—once a primary physical location for real-world socialization—is playing less of a central role than ever before. Since Continue Reading →
In the News
September 11, 2026 Deseret News
Perspective: What ‘never forget’ means 25 years later
September 10, 2026 The Cut
My Boyfriend Is My Only Friend
September 9, 2026 The Hill
Elections won’t fix America’s political divisions
September 6, 2026 HuffPost





