For more than half a century, we have been obsessed with the notion that America is politically divided. Over the past thirty years, this obsession has sharpened into a fixation on so-called red states and blue states. With the rise of independent voters, we have now added "purple states" to our lexicon, referring to those battlegrounds that might swing between elections.
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Of the 21 demographic groups the RCM/TIPP Economic Optimism Index tracks each month, 20 declined in April. The one that didn't barely moved. As Middle East tensions mount, the data captures something rare: a nation united. In anxiety.