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Selected links from the November 13, 2024, edition of Opinion Today

Nov 13, 2024

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America in Focus: We Spoke With 13 Young Undecided Americans for Months. Here’s How They Voted.
Patrick Healy, Frank Luntz and Adrian J. Rivera, New York Times [unlocked]
Starting in mid-August, we spoke regularly to 13 young voters who were torn about their choice in the presidential election, to track how and why their opinions were evolving. After Tuesday’s election, we held our final conversation with the focus group to find out how they voted and what drove their decisions — and what they believed Mr. Trump would do, wouldn’t do and shouldn’t do in office.

Inflation Expectations Decline Slightly; Labor Market Expectations Improve
Federal Reserve Bank of New York

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This Presidential Election, Voters Across Communities Sent a Loud Message of Economic Pain
Dante Chinni, American Communities Project

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Many Americans perceive a rise in dangerous driving; 78% see cellphone distraction as major problem
Anna Jackson and Rebecca Leppert, Pew Research Center

What the numbers actually say about the 2024 election
Philip Bump and Lenny Bronner, Washington Post [unlocked]

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It's 2004 all over again
Nate Silver, Silver Bulletin

Donald Trump and the College Degree Divide
William A. Galston, Wall Street Journal [unlocked]

Some Black Voters Ask, What Have Democrats Done for Us?
Troy Closson, Clyde McGrady and Rick Rojas, New York Times [unlocked]

Harris Lost the Working Class
Dustin "Dino" Guastella (Teamsters Local 623) & Jared Abbott (Center for Working-Class Politics), The Liberal Patriot

Kamala Harris Did Listen To Working-Class Voters. They Didn't Listen To Trump.
Bill Scher, Washington Monthly

These Philadelphia voters went for Donald Trump in bigger numbers than ever before
Chris A. Williams, Stephen Stirling and Anna Orso, Philadelphia Inquirer [unlocked]

Kamala Harris was a Good Candidate...But Not the Right One For 2024
Brian Rosenwald, The World According to Brian

There Are No Permanent Defeats
Mona Charen, The Bulwark

Trump’s Demand to Skirt Senate Confirmations Poses Early Test of a Radical Second Term
Charlie Savage, New York Times [unlocked]

Fewer states than ever will have split-party Senate delegations
Hannah Recht and Eric Lau, Washington Post [unlocked]

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The far-right online takeover, à la française
Jon Allsop, Columbia Journalism Review

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Picking Through the Rubble
Hacks On Tap

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What Americans really think of Trump’s promises
The Campaign Moment