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The poll found that white Republicans and Democrats seemingly live in two different worlds.

Tennessee becomes 15th state to pass name, image, likeness law for college athletes Data: Axios Research; Chart: Axios Visuals Tennessee became the 15th state to pass a bill allowing college athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness, and its the sixth set to take effect on July 1, 2021. Yes, but: If NCAA president Mark Emmert gets his way, a broader, nationwide measure will be enacted before that date. That seems unlikely, but he plans to meet with Congress this week. Why it matte...

Japan declares COVID emergency with less than 100 days until Olympics Data: Our World in Data; Chart: Will Chase/Axios With 88 days until the Tokyo Olympics, a "fourth wave" of the pandemic has hit Japan. Driving the news: Bars, department stores and theaters across Japan will remain closed for 17 days, after Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared a state of emergency for Tokyo and three other prefectures. A senior member of Japans ruling party recently questioned Tokyos ability to host the Gam...

Data: CDC and New York Times; Chart: Will Chase/Axios The counties with the most vaccine-hesitant residents generally also voted for Donald Trump in 2020 by large margins, whereas the counties with the lowest levels of hesitancy generally also had fewer Trump voters. Why it matters: Your politics dont have anything to do with whether youre vulnerable to the coronavirus if you remain unvaccinated. In fact, many counties with high levels of vaccine hesitancy — particularly in the South — a...

The future of political advertising is connected TV Reproduced from Centro; Chart: Axios Visuals Political advertising has quickly begun to migrate over to connected TV (CTV), or digital and streaming television, according to new data. Why it matters: "If the current trends of explosive growth in CTV viewership continue, we could see a tipping point where CTV makes up nearly half of political digital ad spend as soon as 2022," says Grace Briscoe, vice president of candidates and causes at Centr...

"I think we should take it as a very serious warning that it can happen here."

Americans are waiting for a clear sign of how it ends — and they aren't ready to ditch the masks until they get it.

The elusive political power of Mexican Americans Data: Pew Research Center, U.S. Census Bureau; Chart: Michelle McGhee/Axios Mexican Americans make up the nations largest Latino group, yet they remain politically outshined by more recently arrived Cuban Americans. Why it matters: The disparities in political power between Mexican Americans and Cuban Americans reflect the racial, historical, geographical and economic differences within Latino cultures in the U.S. For the first time in U.S. hist...

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