More in Common

Check out Team US's latest research on Americans' attitudes after the election, The Priority Gap. https://lnkd.in/eubX4yKM

After the 2024 election, More in Common US conducted a survey of 5,005 Americans in a nationwide sample. Last week, we wrote about our results from in The Atlantic. Our findings revealed a striking reality: Democrats have a messaging problem. Americans' top concern this election was inflation. When asked about Republicans' top priorities, Americans answered immigration, inflation, and the economy. Yet when asked about Democrats' priorities, Americans listed abortion, climate change, and LGBT/transgender policy. What does this mean for Democrats and political polarization? Read more in our Priority Gap Report: https://lnkd.in/eubX4yKM And here's the original article if you didn't catch it over Thanksgiving break: https://lnkd.in/e8dDEJy6

It is such a pleasure for all of us at More in Common to see the team growing in all seven countries where we're present, with new colleagues joining in the US (welcome Samantha Hasani and Rabhya Mehrotra), Brazil (Helena Vieira and Maria Gabriela Feitosa dos Santos), Spain (Luis Aguado), the UK (Chris Annous and Louis O'Geran), Poland (Agnieszka Bubak), Germany (Melissa Medina-Márquez and David Nonhoff) and France (Clémentine Guilbaud Demaison)! Welcome to all of you! cc: Destin Commun More in Common Deutschland More in Common Polska More in Common España Pablo Ortellado Jason Mangone Tim Dixon Adam Traczyk Laura-Kristine Krause Laurence de Nervaux Luke Tryl

Today, Americans vote for their next President. As they head to the polls, what issues are most important to the Hidden Tribes? Read our latest Substack post: https://lnkd.in/eVhdqWgX

Our team spent much of the last year interviewing Americans about GenAI and its implications for society and politics. You can read our brand new, mixed methods report here.  https://lnkd.in/gNkatwVy We heard a bit of everything. --Enthusiasm: “AI could help achieve feats that humans alone would find impossible…” --Terror: “It will make it difficult for our future kids to survive…if everything is done by AI. They will become useless.” --Perspective: “There will certainly be unforeseeable problems, but they will be overcome. In the end, people will simply have more choices in the way they choose to use their time.” When we presented 9 different AI roles to Americans, ranging from AI teachers and judges to boyfriends and elderly helpers, Americans rarely showed a consensus view. The details matter, and large numbers see an equal mix of help and harm. The exception is with AI romantic partnerships, which yield a strong collective ‘ick’! But what we didn’t expect was the incredible alignment between Republicans and Democrats. While they recognize that it matters, Americans are simply not polarized on AI. Republicans and Democrats are almost indistinguishable in their skepticism of AI, their doubts about effective regulation, and their concerns about having a voice. They fear that AI will make society more divided, more distrusting, more dependent on technology—and, bluntly, make it dumber. All of this reveals a window of opportunity for political and corporate leadership in 2025. Host town halls with affected communities to hear their voices. Launch research initiatives to measure effects early. Create working groups and strategies to help Americans navigate the many changes ahead. More in Common’s efforts to restore a sense of connection and commonality in the United States requires that we notice — and seize — windows of opportunity when they appear. The United States is the home of the leading GenAI companies, which brings both a point of pride and a duty of responsibility. Americans see both the technology’s promise and its peril. In a dispiriting moment, action on AI can remind us that we have the power to come together, listen to differing perspectives, and shape groundbreaking technologies in a way that gives Americans a sense of agency over their lives.

On the eve of a high-stakes election, some analysis of Texas Latinos via the American Nations and More in Common's Threads of Texas, and the implications for politics, courtesy of Nationhood Lab at the Pell Center at Salve Regina University: https://lnkd.in/eRzYD53B

Reminder that Team US's webinar "Beyond the Headlines: Unpacking Misperceptions about Christians in America," co-hosted with Center for Christianity and Public Life is tomorrow, October 23rd, at 1:00 PM ET. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gbgc7YTV

Among my very favorite projects we've worked on at More in Common over the years is The Endless Sea, led by our former colleague Giuliano da Empoli - now among Europe's best-selling authors (if you haven't read 'The Wizard of the Kremlin', you must!). The Endless is a hopeful narrative project that aims to understand the aspirations, ideas and visions that might help shape a positive story of tomorrow. The project's final report remains as needed today as when it was first published. It draws inspiration from pop culture to politics and from citizen movements to amusement parks to glean insights into what a unifying story of tomorrow could look like. And boy, do we need that! Take a look: www.theendlesssea.com.

Register for our upcoming webinar with Center for Christianity and Public Life on Wednesday, October 23rd from 1 to 2:30 PM. Link here: https://lnkd.in/gbgc7YTV