A new Pew Research poll finds that 59% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents believe that having a majority of the population made up of blacks, Asians, Hispanics and other racial minorities by the year 2050 will weaken American customs and values.

Just 13% of Republicans say the coming demographic milestone — which Census demographers have predicted — will strengthen the country.

First Read: “Don’t forget the ways that Trump has said the quiet thing out loud here. He’s referred to immigration at the southern border as an ‘invasion’; he’s supported a ban on Muslims entering the United States during his campaign; and he’s reportedly used slurs to describe immigration from Haiti and some African countries.”

Kyle Kondik: “As an addendum to our Electoral College ratings release from a few weeks ago, we thought we’d track the presidential voting in each state relative to the nation over the last five elections to give readers a sense of where each state is trending. We split the 50 states into 10 different regional categories, loosely based on the regions and divisions of the U.S. Census Bureau.”

“Generally speaking, the Sun Belt and West are trending Democratic. The Midwest and North more broadly, along with Greater Appalachia, are trending Republican.”

Generation Z has a more positive view of the word “socialism” than previous generations, and — along with Millennials — are more likely to embrace socialistic policies and principles than past generations, according to a new Harris Poll.

“Gen Z and Millennials are projected to make up 37% of the electorate in 2020, and what they’re looking for in a presidential candidate is shifting.”

A new PRRI poll finds 21% of Americans say that they seldom or never interact with someone of a different race or ethnicity.

But that number is much different depending on demographic groups:

• White people with a college degree? 10%. Whites without a college degree? 26%
• Young people? 19%. Seniors? 30%.
• Democrats? 13%. Republicans? 21%.

First Read: “For all the talk about urban elites living in a bubble — and we get it — don’t forget about that other bubble of a not-insignificant share of Americans who rarely encounter someone different than themselves.”

A new PRRI poll finds that 45% of Democrats would be unhappy if their child married a Republican.

In contrast, 35% of Republicans would be unhappy if their child married a Democrat.

A new Gallup poll finds 35% of Americans name the government, poor leadership or politicians as the greatest problem facing the United States.

“This is the highest percentage Gallup has recorded for this concern, edging out the previous high of 33% during the 2013 federal government shutdown.”

A new CNN poll finds almost 7 in 10 say the federal government is doing a bad job of governing, including 43% who say it’s the worst job of governing in their lifetimes.

“That’s about double the share who said the same in early 1996 (21%) following a government shutdown that was the longest on record until last month. Just 19% say the federal government is doing a good job.”

A new Monmouth poll finds just 20% of the public feels that Americans are united and in agreement on our most important values while 77% say we are not.

Big majorities of Democrats (82%), Republicans (78%), and independents (72%) feel that the country is fundamentally divided.

Also interesting: “More than 6-in-10 Americans (62%) feel that the country has become more divided since Trump took office. Just 11% say the country has become more united and 25% say there has not really been a change in our sense of unity.”

“Over the past decade, attackers motivated by right-wing political ideologies have committed dozens of shootings, bombings and other acts of violence, far more than any other category of domestic extremist,” according to a Washington Post analysis of data on global terrorism.

“While the data show a decades-long drop-off in violence by left-wing groups, violence by white supremacists and other far-right attackers has been on the rise since Barack Obama’s presidency — and has surged since President Trump took office.”

A new CBS News poll finds just 15% of Americans say they are “looking forward” to talking politics at Thanksgiving this year.

The survey also found that 40% say they “hope to avoid” political discussion during the holiday while 45% don’t really care.

A new Axios/Survey Monkey poll finds 61% of Democrats see Republicans as “racist/bigoted/sexist.”

Meanwhil, 31% of Republicans say they view Democrats in the same light.

”If Americans are this convinced that the other side isn’t just wrong, but dumb and evil, they’ll never be able to find enough common ground to solve real problems. And they’re more likely to elect leaders who can’t do it, either.”

Max Boot: “I am so sad. I am so heartbroken. What is happening to our country?”

“Tolerance for political and religious differences is a non-negotiable part of the social contract in the United States. It is the very core of our national identity, even if it has all too often been honored more in the breach than the observance. We settle our political differences through debate followed by voting. Political terrorism and sectarian bloodletting — these are the sorts of horrors that occur in the Balkans or the Middle East. Not here. Not in the land of the free. We’re better than this. We’re Americans.”

“Except now the horror show has arrived on our shores.”

Here’s a word cloud of the top answers from Democrats — “Donald Trump,” “The Media,” “The Republican Party,” “Racism.”

And here’s a word cloud of the top answers from Republicans — “Democratic Party,” “Barack Obama,” “Liberals,” “The Media,” “Godless.”

David Brooks: “It won’t surprise you to learn that the most active groups are on the extremes — Progressive Activists on the left (8 percent of Americans) and Devoted Conservatives on the right (6 percent).”

“These two groups are the richest of all the groups. They are the whitest of the groups. Their members have among the highest education levels, and they report high levels of personal security.”

“We sometimes think of this as a populist moment. But that’s not true. My first big takeaway from ‘Hidden Tribes‘ is that our political conflict is primarily a rich, white civil war. It’s between privileged progressives and privileged conservatives.”

Washington Post: “A hearing that was supposed to bring clarity instead erupted in thunderclaps from the nation’s built-up tensions over how the sexes are supposed to behave with each other. Judge Brett Kavanaugh and the woman who accused him of sexually assaulting her came ­before the Senate Judiciary Committee in ‘the wrong town at the wrong time,’ as Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) put it.”

“The result was affirmation that Washington is as broken as it has ever been. Based on what the senators in the room said, the result was, once again, people hearing mostly what they were inclined to believe. The result, far from clarity, was a complex rush of emotions adding up to two families left in wreckage and a political system without even a pathway to cooperation.”

“The day ended with discord bordering on dark visions of a hopeless future.”