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• Americans Afraid Of Socialism (But Not Socialist Programs)

  

  The charts above reflect the results of the recent Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between May 10th and 12th of a national sample of 1,500 adults (including... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Congressional Job Approval Higher Than It's Been Since 2009

  

  The charts above are from a recent Gallup Poll -- done between May 1st and 13th of a national sample of 1,028 adults, with a 4 point margin of error. Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Is Following The Failed Strategy Of Herbert Hoover

  

  Donald Trump is not a student of history. Perhaps that is why he has chosen to follow the failed example set by Herbert Hoover as the U.S. slid into the Great... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 8 Charts Showing The Public's Perceptions Of COVID-19

  

  The charts above reflect the results of the newest Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between May 10th and 12th of a national sample of 1,500 adults, with a 3.2... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Barack Obama's Inspiring Commencement Speeches

  

  On Saturday, Barack Obama gave two commencement speeches -- one to the nation's graduating high school students, and the other to graduates of historically Blac... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Growth Of Coronavirus Cases In Each State Last Week

  These numbers are from The COVID Tracking Project.The first number for each state is the number of cases they had on 5/9/20. The second number is the number of... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Republicans And Democrats Disagree On COVID-19 Deaths

  

  The chart above is from the Morning Consult Poll -- done between May 8th and 10th of a national sample of 1,994 registered voters, with a 2 point margin of... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Immunity For Business Is Not What's Needed To Reopen

  

  (Cartoon image is by John Darkow in the Columbia Missourian.) The House Democrats have passed a new economic stimulus bill to help Americans in this recession,... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• New COVID-19 Cases And Deaths Since Texas Reopened

  

  Texas started reopening its economy on May 1st, and made social distancing and wearing masks by individuals optional. The charts above show the number of new... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Overwhelmingly Supports Requiring Face Masks

  

  The charts above reflect the results of a recent Washington Post / Ipsos Poll -- done between April 27th and May 4th of a national sample of 8,086 adults, with ... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump/GOP Ready To Sacrifice Workers On Alter Of Greed

  

  The $2.5 trillion stimulus package passed by Congress was supposed to protect both businesses and workers in this recession. Corporations got a slush fund of... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Explaining "Obamagate" (Sort Of)

  

  Donald Trump has a new conspiracy theory. He calls it "Obamagate", and says it is the greatest crime in the history of the presidency (and maybe the country).... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Another 2.98 Million Workers File For Unemployment

  

  The Labor Department released the numbers for unemployment claims filed for the week ending on 5/9/20. It showed another 2,981,000 workers have filed for... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Says Trump Has Done A Bad Job With Coronavirus

  

  These charts are from the new CBS News / YouGov Poll -- done between May 11th and 13th of a national sample of 2,000 U.S. residents, with a 2.7 point margin of... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• COVID-19 Deaths In U.S. May Have Already Topped 100,000

  

  How many people in the United States have lost their lives to the Coronavirus pandemic? As I write this post, the official count has just passed 85,000. But tha... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Sees Biden As More Qualified Than Trump

  

  The chart above is from the newest CNN / SSRS Poll -- done between May 7th and 10th of a national sample of 1,001 registered voters, with a 4 point margin of... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• House Dems Have A New Bill To Help - GOP Says No To It

  

  The things listed above are what's in the new bill proposed by Democrats in the House of Representatives. Note that it's geared toward helping people -- not... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Nearly 27 Million Have Lost Their Health Insurance

  

  One of the biggest obstacles to government-provided insurance in the United States has been employer-provided insurance. About 61% of Americans get their... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Studies Show Trump/GOP Are Wrong About Mail-In Voting

  

  Democrats are pushing the government to allow mail-in voting in every state for the November election. The Coronavirus pandemic will still be around at that tim... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Confidence In U.S. Ability To Control COVID-19 Dropping

  

  The chart above reflects the results of the latest Monmouth University Poll -- done between April 30th and May 4th of a national sample of 808 adults, with a 3.... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY