STEPHANIE MARKEN and ZACH HRYNOWSKI, - The Gallup Organization
Stephan:
The Great Schism Trend is having a very serious effect on colleges and universities in Red States, which will further degrade the social outcome data of states controlled by the TCP, both their educational status and the quality of their healthcare, particularly for women. It is further evidence that we are becoming two quite different countries technically operating as a single nation.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
71% say state reproductive healthcare policies impact college choice
80% of all current/prospective students prefer states with greater access
86% of Democrats and 63% of Republicans prefer states with greater access
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Seventy-one percent of currently enrolled and prospective college students say that states’ reproductive healthcare policies are at least somewhat important in their enrollment decisions. This is up slightly from 67% who said the same in late 2022. An even greater increase in the relevance of this issue to prospective and current students is also seen among those indicating these policies are highly important in their enrollment decisions (38% compared with 30% in 2022).
Both surveys were conducted after the Supreme Court’s landmark decision on abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization on June 24, 2022.
The latest results are from the Lumina Foundation-Gallup 2024 State of Higher Education Study, conducted Oct. 9-Nov. 16, 2023, via a web survey with 14,032 current and prospective college students. This includes 6,015 students enrolled in a post-high school education program (certificate, associate or bachelor’s degree), 5,012 adults not currently enrolled with some college but no degree, and 3,005 adults who have never been enrolled in a postsecondary school or […]
This is another aspect of The Great Schism Trend. States where voters have voted into power advocates of TCP, are not just the least educated, most illiterate, shortest lifespan men and women, they are also the most obese. If you click through you can get a list of all the fatty communities. It was too long for me to put it in SR.
Obesity problem in United States Credit: C.Z. Andriano / stock.adobe
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The South is known for its fine cuisine and delicious barbecue, but a new survey finds it’s also at the center of the nation’s growing obesity epidemic. Researchers have found that many of the country’s most overweight and obese cities are in the southern part of the United States.
WalletHub’s findings (full list below) also paint a concerning picture of health and financial burdens across the nation. With nearly 42 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese, the ramifications extend far beyond individual health, affecting the nation’s economy with obesity-related medical treatments costing around $190.2 billion annually and work absenteeism resulting in approximately $4.3 billion in productivity losses each year.
The study compared 100 of the most populated U.S. metropolitan areas across 19 key metrics, ranging from the percentage of physically inactive adults to future obesity projections and access to healthy foods. This approach sheds light on the cities that are most affected by weight-related issues and underscores the pressing need for public health interventions.
Philip Bump and Lenny Bronner, - Microsoft Start / The Washington Post
Stephan:
How is it possible for a Black or Hispanic person to vote for the TCP which is so blatantly White supremacist in both their words and deeds? I think it is a calculation to gain power, in hopes that if they vote for Trump they will be able to bargain for some benefit. Sadly, if Trump wins they are going to discover how wrong their judgment was.
One of the recurring rebuttals to Donald Trump’s endless claims that the 2020 election was stolen was that — contrary to his insinuations — swing-state cities were not hotbeds of voter fraud. In fact, they often supported Joe Biden at smaller margins than they had Hillary Clinton four years before.
That change in some of the most racially diverse places in the country, combined with the shift in heavily Hispanic parts of the country to Trump, were early hints that the conventional wisdom about race and party was being undercut. In the years since, we’ve seen more evidence that Black and Hispanic Americans in particular are less hostile to the Republican Party and Trump than they used to be.
Last month, Gallup released data showing how the two-party margin between Black and Hispanic Americans had shifted dramatically since 2020. In 2020, Black Americans were 66 points more […]
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Laura Meckler, Hannah Natanson, John D. Harden, Reporters - Microsoft Start
Stephan:
When you breed hate you get hate crimes, and that is exactly what is happening to LGBTQ kids where the Trump christofascist Party (TCP) controls the state government. This is the exact opposite of government designed to foster wellbeing. This is part of the Great Schism Trend, and I believe we are going to see families with LGBTQ kids moving from these Red states. How big is this population: Here is what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has to say:
Number and percentage of students, by sexual identity — Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, 2021
Site
Sexual identity
Heterosexual (straight)
Gay or lesbian
Bisexual
Other/Questioning
No.
%
CI*
No.
%
CI
No.
%
CI
No.
%
CI
National survey
Total
12,421
74.2
(72.4–75.9)
520
3.2
(2.7–3.7)
1,848
11.9
(10.9–12.9)
1,482
9.0
(8.0–10.0)
Male
7,358
87.3
(85.8–88.7)
195
2.4
(1.9–3.1)
356
4.0
(3.2–5.1)
333
3.7
(3.1–4.3)
Female
4,992
61.6
(59.1–64.0)
298
3.7
(3.0–4.5)
1,449
20.0
(18.5–21.6)
1,055
13.7
(12.3–15.3)
LGBTQ students Credit: USA Today
School hate crimes targeting LGBTQ+ people have sharply risen in recent years, climbing fastest in states that have passed laws restricting LGBTQ student rights and education, a Washington Post analysis of FBI data finds.
In states with restrictive laws, the number of hate crimes on K-12 campuses has more than quadrupled since the onset of a divisive culture war that has often centered on the rights of LGBTQ+ youth.
At the same time, calls to LGBTQ+ youth crisis hotlines have exploded, with some advocates drawing a connection between the spike in bullying and hate crimes, and the political climate.
LGBTQ+ students have long dealt with bullying and harassment at school, but some students are feeling particularly vulnerable due to the wave of legislation. They are also on edge following the death of Nex Benedict, a nonbinary teenager who died after a fight in their Oklahoma public school bathroom.
That’s the case for Carden, a transgender 17-year-old. He argues that politicians’ anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric has shaped the views of adults in the conservative Virginia county where he […]
