Young Voters in the Midterms, the 2022 National Defense Strategy, and More

November 21, 2022

Midterm exit polls show that young voters drove Democratic resistance to the ‘red wave’

The “red wave” that some political pundits and analysts predicted for the midterm elections did not materialize. To better understand how the Democratic Party avoided big losses, William Frey analyzes voting patterns across demographic groups and explains what they mean for the future.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin takes part in an honor cordon ceremony with South Korean Defense Minister Jong-Sup Lee

There is a lot to like in the 2022 National Defense Strategy

The core concepts outlined in the 2022 National Defense Strategy indicate that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s team is thinking critically about how the U.S. military can be used not only to deter and fight war, but also as an effective instrument of foreign policy, writes Melanie Sisson.

Will California be the death of national privacy legislation?

Californians are proud of what their state has done to advance privacy protection by enacting comprehensive privacy legislation in 2018—but that pride now stands in the way of federal privacy legislation. Cameron Kerry explains the political impasse and the differences between the California Consumer Privacy Act and the American Data Privacy and Protection Act.