Demographics & Population

[Cities] that are the most forward-looking, that have the most pragmatic view on immigrants, are the ones that are reaching out and creating environments that immigrants can not only survive in but thrive in. I think that is definitely the future of this country.

A decade from now, I think you'll see [changes in the electoral map due to minority population growth in] Arizona, Texas, and Georgia for sure. You have got to look at the South and West—those are the fast-growing parts of the country—and that's where the minorities are dominating the growth.

[The Asian-American population] is too small to make a difference on their own, but they could be a tipping point [in the 2012 U.S. presidential election]. In certain parts of the country, it’s going to be so close that any group can make a difference one way or the other.

I think it [the lack of minority support for Romney] really is an issue in 2012 as the country is becoming more diverse.

I think the era of broad prosperity for American seniors will end with the first wave of Baby Boomers, now entering their 60s. Times are tougher for their later Boomer brothers and sisters who entered the labor and housing markets in the late 1970s during tougher economic times.

Younger people are still struggling to just buy a home, and the kind of neighborhoods where they end up are not nearly as nice [as where their parents may have bought]. Age isn’t a part of the study [The Rise of Residential Segregation by Income, Pew Research Center], but it underlies it.

Our analysis confirms that President Obama will derive substantial benefit from shifts in the voter pool between 2008 and 2012, though there is considerable—and sometimes—surprising variation across states.