Rafael Suarez Jr. reports from LA, a big city with a massive housing challenge that is trying to recover and rebuild a year after the fires. www.americancommunities.org/la-looks-bac...

The Quiet Divide: Unpacking ‘Polite Polarization’ in America’s LDS Enclaves When asked to identify the most important issues facing the nation, 39% of respondents in these communities pointed to political polarization and extremism, compared with 27% overall.

The Quiet Divide: Unpacking ‘Polite Polarization’ in America’s LDS Enclaves
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Polling shows big concerns about rising political extremism in Mormon communities. The American Communities Project went to report on the why in Utah County, Utah. www.americancommunities.org/the-quiet-di...

Bringing back manufacturing jobs was a critical promise of Trump's 2024 campaign. So far they haven't returned. That could have big impacts in 2026 especially in Great Lakes states such as Michigan in the blue-collar suburbs. www.americancommunities.org/manufacturin...

How economic distress has changed at the community/county level over the last decade. An analysis using the fine data of the Economic Innovation Group - www.americancommunities.org/measuring-ec...

For more than a decade, Texas has been one of the biggest swing-state mirages in partisan politics. Will 2026 be different? The data from the primaries say maybe. www.americancommunities.org/what-the-tex...

This month's American Communities Project newsletter. What unites Americans? How many Americans actually know a journalist? Why have Trump's approval numbers dropped? mailchi.mp/fe80e627ce52...

The 60 Percent Country — And Why Neither Party Can Reach It The most useful political analysis I’ve read this year didn’t come from a campaign memo or a cable news segment.

The 60 Percent Country — And Why Neither Party Can Reach It
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Despite National Focus on America's Divisions, One Thing Unites Communities: Populism ACP survey data indicate that on a range of issues — from the media to the government to big business — distrust reigns supreme in all kinds of communities, from Big Cities to Aging Farmlands.

Despite National Focus on America's Divisions, One Thing Unites Communities: Populism
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Looking for something that unites a divided country? Anti-establishment populism. www.americancommunities.org/despite-nati...

Journalists are increasingly under intense scrutiny. How many Americans know a journalist or what journalists do? www.americancommunities.org/as-journalis...

Why President Trump’s Approval Has Declined The big surveys the ACP conducted in 2023, 2024, and 2025 found that inflation was the No. 1 issue at the local and national levels in all 15 community types.

Why President Trump’s Approval Has Declined
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Why is Donald Trump's approval declining? The big vote shifts in 2024 were about the economy and inflation, and Trump hasn't delivered on promises. www.americancommunities.org/why-presiden...

As February approaches, a look at how different communities view race and racism. www.americancommunities.org/how-views-on...

It's only January, but a lot of people are already thinking about November. New from the American Communities Project: Why MI-07 will tell us a lot of the electorate this fall. www.americancommunities.org/one-race-in-...

Unemployment Continues Increasing Across America
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Unemployment rose in every kind of community in the latest American Communities Project analysis. Rates are still relatively low, but across the board increases are not common and concerning. www.americancommunities.org/unemployment...

Americans may be divided on how to handle some parts of immigration, but there is surprising consistency on a path to citizenship for long-term immigrants www.americancommunities.org/surprising-c...

In this month’s American Communities Project newsletter, how Americans feel about inflation, guns and religion and what they know of the first year of the second Trump admin. mailchi.mp/daee7b8e400d...

New from the American Communities Project for Christmas week, how people feel about religion and practice their faith across the 15 community types. www.americancommunities.org/americans-id...

What Do Americans Know About Trump 2.0? A Lot. The ACP/Ipsos survey of more than 5,000 people asked five factual true/false questions mostly around the Trump administration’s policies and impacts.

What Do Americans Know About Trump 2.0? A Lot.
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New from the American Communities Project. One year into Trump 2.0, Americans are largely tuned in to what the WH is doing - setting the stage for what could be a consequential 2026. www.americancommunities.org/what-do-amer...

From the 2025 American Communities Project survey. People aren't reading, trusting or paying for traditional news. www.americancommunities.org/americans-la...

Concerns about crime are much smaller than you might expect in most communities - including Big Cities. www.americancommunities.org/perception-g...

How Americans Are Feeling Inflation Pain in 2025.
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Inflation has been the top issue in the American Communities Project survey for three straight years, but the pains aren’t the same everywhere. Rural communities are feeling it worse, including those with large Black and Hispanic populations. www.americancommunities.org/how-american...

Listening to the Nation. Tailgate Talks, Maryland YouTube video by American Communities Project

What can you learn at a college football tailgate? It's one of the few places where red and blue America intersect. youtu.be/lyqyszHlTuo?... So the American Communities Project visited tailgates around the country to get thoughts on education, DEI and AI. www.americancommunities.org/tailgate-tal...

This fall the American Communities Project sent local reporters to college football tailgates across the country - from greater Philly to LA - to get people's thoughts on the value of a college degree, the meaning of DEI and the impact of AI. www.americancommunities.org/tailgate-tal...

Attitudes on #Tariffs cut through the red/blue divide. In the 2025 American Communities Project survey, majorities in communities that voted for and against Trump said they had noticed changes. And in every community they saw the changes as negative. www.americancommunities.org/america-in-2...

The new American Communtiies Project survey of more than 5,400 Americans shows community divisions on immigration enforcement. 65% in Big Cities and Hispanic Centers have seen changes in the last 12 months. But only 42% in the Evangelical Hubs. www.americancommunities.org/america-in-2...