Catherine Rampell

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton appears with actor-comedian Zach Galifianakis during an appearance for the online comedy series "Between Two Ferns." (FunnyorDie.com via AP)

Rampell: When will millennials start liking Hillary Clinton?

September 23, 2016 at 3:24 p.m.

Several new polls suggest young voters -- a low-turnout but nonetheless key component of the Democratic coalition -- are abandoning Hillary Clinton in droves.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, with his daughter Ivanka looking on, unveils his child-care plan on Sept. 13 in Aston, Pa.

Rampell: Trump is right that Clinton’s child-care plan doesn’t exist

September 19, 2016 at 11:31 a.m.

When Donald Trump unveiled his child-care proposal last week, he made a claim that seemed absurd on its face. He said Hillary Clinton "has no child-care plan."

When asked whether democracy is a good or bad way to run a country, 9 percent of Americans said it was "fairly bad" or "very bad" in the mid-1990s, compared with 17 percent today.

Rampell: Are Americans getting fed up with democracy?

August 16, 2016 at 12:39 p.m.

Maybe Donald Trump didn't create an appetite for authoritarianism. Maybe an appetite for authoritarianism created Donald Trump.

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton delivers a speech in Warren, Mich., on Aug. 12.

Rampell: There鈥檚 no easy answer for the bereft boomer worker

August 12, 2016 at 9:00 p.m.

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump's economic plans have little to offer out-of-work, older workers who lack higher degrees.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to supporters about illegal immigration and other topics during a political rally in Phoenix on July 11, 2015. In a U.S. survey conducted this spring by Pew Research Center, half of all foreign-born whites said that the growing number of newcomers "threatens" traditional American customs and values, rather than "strengthens" them.

Rampell: The immigrants who like Donald Trump

July 22, 2016 at 8:43 a.m.

In a U.S. survey conducted by Pew Research Center, half of all foreign-born whites said that the growing number of newcomers "threatens" traditional American customs and values.

The latest U.S. jobs report, released Friday by the Labor Department, showed nominal year-over-year wage growth of 2.6 percent. It's the fastest pace in seven years and is well above inflation.

Rampell: Wage increases bode well for Hillary Clinton, other Democrats

July 12, 2016 at 11:01 a.m.

If recent trends toward higher wages -- especially for workers not in the 1 percent -- continue, they could well be a gift to Hillary Clinton and down-ballot Democrats.

Politicians on both sides of the aisle -- from Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders on down -- have apparently become accustomed to being told they're right, righteous and victorious all the time.

Rampell: America is being led by a bunch of sore losers

July 8, 2016 at 12:36 p.m.

The everyone-gets-a-trophy culture supposedly pervasive among millennials, and so often ridiculed by pundits, seems to have infected our political class.

In North Carolina, legislators last week voted to transfer $500,000 from the state's emergency response and disaster relief fund to pay for litigation of the so-called bathroom bill.

Rampell: The high costs of the culture wars

July 6, 2016 at 1:42 p.m.

The culture wars are getting very, very expensive. Once upon a time, politicians could use wedge issues to score cheap political points, emphasis on "cheap." Put a gay rights issue...

Rampell: Expand Affordable Care Act to encourage work

February 2, 2017 at 12:17 p.m.

If Paul Ryan really wants to encourage more Americans to work, and to move up the income ladder, he could start by urging his fellow Republicans to expand Obamacare.

For the first time on record, living with parents is now the most common arrangement for Americans ages 18 to 34, an analysis of Census data by the Pew Research Center has found.

Rampell: For millennials, Mom and Dad’s basement looking pretty good

June 6, 2016 at 1:42 p.m.

Nearly a third of Americans age 18 to 34 were living with their parents in 2014. And is that really such a bad thing?

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