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A political/economics blog written from a progressive point of view.
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A political/economics blog written from a progressive point of view.
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Over 1.1 Million Workers Filed For Unemployment Last Week
The Labor Department has released its statistics for unemployment claims for the week ending on August 15th. It showed an additional 1,106,000 workers filed... Read more
Posted on 21 August 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Obama's Convention Speech (A Warning To Americans)
On Wednesday night, President Barack Obama spoke to Americans from the virtual Democratic Convention. He praised Joe Biden and made it clear Biden has his... Read more
Posted on 21 August 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Americans Embarrassed At How Trump Has Handled Virus
The chart above reflects the results of the CNN / SSRS Poll -- done between August 12th and 15th of a national sample of 1,108 respondents, with a 3.7 point... Read more
Posted on 20 August 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
YouGov Poll Gives Biden Double-Digit Lead For 1st Time
The charts above reflect the results of the new Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between August 16th and 18th of a national sample of 1,500 adults (including... Read more
Posted on 20 August 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public Says Trump Was Just Pandering With His Pardon Of Suffragette Susan B....
On the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the amendment that gave women the right to vote in the United States, Donald Trump signed a pardon for... Read more
Posted on 20 August 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
CEO's Make 320 Times The Average Salary Of Workers
The chart above is from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). In 1978, the average CEO made about 31.4 times the pay of the average worker. That was because... Read more
Posted on 20 August 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Gender Difference In U.S. Politics
The charts above are from the Pew Research Center. While men are fairly split between Biden and Trump, women are not. Trump is in serious trouble with women --... Read more
Posted on 19 August 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Bernie Calls For Americans To Support Joe Biden
Bernie Sanders is not repeating his mistake of 2016 (tepid support for Clinton). he's on board with the Biden/Harris ticket -- knowing that another four years o... Read more
Posted on 19 August 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Yahoo / YouGov Poll Looks Very Bad For Trump/Republicans
The charts above reflect the results of the latest Yahoo News / YouGov Poll -- done on August 14th and 15th of a national sample of 1,529 adults, with a 3.4... Read more
Posted on 19 August 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Transcript Of Michelle Obama's Convention Speech
The following (from CNN) is the transcript of Michelle Obama's powerful and moving speech to Americans from the online Democratic Convention: Good evening,... Read more
Posted on 19 August 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
New Forecast Gives Biden An 85.6% Chance Of Winning
This electoral forecast is from Decision Desk HQ. They give Joe Biden an 85.6% chance of winning the presidency (and Trump a 13.8% chance of being re-elected). Read more
Posted on 18 August 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
New Polls From NBC And CNN On The Presidential Race
The charts in silver above reflect the results of the NBC News / Wall Street Journal Poll -- done between August 9th and 12th of a national sample of 900... Read more
Posted on 18 August 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
A New Wave Of Heart Disease Is Being Caused By COVID-19
The United States has had over 5,000,000 million people with COVID-19. Over 170,000 of them have died (and that is probably an undercount). But the problems... Read more
Posted on 18 August 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
A Majority Approves of Biden Pick Of Harris As His Veep
The chart above reflects the results of a new ABC News / Washington Post Poll -- done between August 12th and 15th of a national sample of 1,001 adults, with a... Read more
Posted on 17 August 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
CBS Battleground Poll Has Biden With A Nice Lead
The charts above are from the new CBS News / YouGov Battleground Poll -- done between August 12th and 14th of a national sample of 2,210 registered voters,... Read more
Posted on 17 August 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Biden/Harris Campaign Is On Track For A Big Win
With only about two and a half months until Election Day, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are enjoying a big lead. That lead is not new, but has been maintained... Read more
Posted on 17 August 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
NPR/PBS/Marist Poll Has Biden With Double-Digit Lead
The charts above reflect the results of the newest NPR / PBS NewsHour / Marist Poll -- done between August 3rd and 11th of a national sample of 1,118... Read more
Posted on 16 August 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Rich Get Richer While Everyone Else Is Hurting
Trump loves to brag about the stock market. That's probably because it's the only economic bright spot in this Trump recession. Read more
Posted on 16 August 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Biden/Harris Viewed As More Moderate Than Trump/Pence
Donald Trump and the Republicans are doing their best to paint the Biden/Harris ticket as left-wing extremists. But the public is not buying it. Read more
Posted on 15 August 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Pew Research Gives Us A Picture Of The 2020 Election
These charts provide an interesting portrait of the 2020 presidential election. They are from the Pew Research Center survey -- done between July 27th and Augus... Read more
Posted on 15 August 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY
