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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.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 16965 )
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Virus Cases Going Down In New York - Rising In Rest Of U.S.
As states across the country end their stay-at-home orders and begin to reopen their businesses, the chart above (from The New York Times) should worry us. Read more
Posted on 06 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump's Pandemic Approval Bump Is Disappearing
The chart above reflects the results of the newest Monmouth University Poll -- done between April 30th and May 4th of a national sample of 808 adults, with a 3.... Read more
Posted on 06 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump Has Turned The GOP Into A Cult Of Death
I have never agreed with Republican economic policies. I think they favor the rich and the corporations over most other Americans, and their policies have... Read more
Posted on 06 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public Disapproves Of Trump/Pence Handling Of Pandemic
The chart above is from the Morning Consult Poll. They questioned 2,200 U.S. adults on how they thought differing people and organizations were handling the... Read more
Posted on 05 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
21 States Approve Of Job Trump's Doing - 29 States Don't
The charts above reflect the results of the Civiqs Poll. They questioned 343,311 adults in the 50 states between January 20th and May 1st. The charts show Donal... Read more
Posted on 05 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Few Are Ready To Stop Social-Distancing As States Reopen
The chart above is from the Morning Consult Poll -- done on April 29th and 30th of a national sample of 2,201 adults, with a 2 point margin of error. Read more
Posted on 05 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump Hates Social Security - Wants To Defund It
When he was running for president in 2016, Trump said he would not touch Social Security. He was lying! The last two budget proposals he sent to Congress have... Read more
Posted on 05 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Biden Tops Trump In Poll (& Dems Prefer Warren As VP)
The chart above is from a CBS News / YouGov Poll -- done between April 28th and May 1st of 2,200 respondents nationwide, with a 2.5 point margin of error. The... Read more
Posted on 04 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Every State Governor Is More Popular Than Trump
The chart above is from The COVID-19 Consortium for Understanding the Public's Policy Preferences Across States (a joint project of divisions of Northeastern... Read more
Posted on 04 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump's Briefings Are Hurting Him (And Other Republicans)
The general consensus on cable TV was that the Coronavirus pandemic was going to hurt Joe Biden campaign for the presidency. That was because he's is not gettin... Read more
Posted on 04 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
McConnell Says NO To Aid For States - The Voters Disagree
States are now in financial trouble. Dealing with the Coronavirus pandemic has been expensive for all the states. And since states cannot run a deficit (as the... Read more
Posted on 03 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Coronavirus Continues To Grow In Each State
These numbers are from The COVID Tracking Project.The first number for each state is the number of cases they had on 3/21/20. The second number (in... Read more
Posted on 03 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump Sides With Racist Protesters (& Against Most Voters)
The charts above reflect the results of the latest Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between April 26th and 28th of a national sample of 1,222 registered voters,... Read more
Posted on 03 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
"Essential" Workers Deserve Better Pay And Benefits
In the face of the current pandemic crisis, we hear a lot about "essential" workers. Who are these essential workers? Are they the corporate CEO's? Are they... Read more
Posted on 02 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
World Survey Shows Most Support Gender Equality
The Pew Research Center conducted a survey in 34 countries on gender inequality. The results of their survey are shown in the charts below. Read more
Posted on 02 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Canada Does What U.S. Refuses - Bans Assault Weapons
In spite of many mass shootings in this country where the primary weapon used was a military-style assault weapon, the federal government (primarily Republicans... Read more
Posted on 02 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Texas Reopens Today (But It is NOT Ready)
(This chart uses figures from The COVID Tracking Project.) Governor Abbott is taking this first steps to reopening the Texas economy today. Read more
Posted on 01 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Over 3.8 Million Workers Filed For Unemployment Last Week
The Labor Department has released its statistics for the number of workers who applied for unemployment in the week ending on 4/25/20. It shows another 3,839,00... Read more
Posted on 01 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
New Poll Shows Texas Voters Split Between Biden & Trump
The chart above reflects the results of a new Public Policy Polling survey -- done on April 27th and 28th of 1,032 Texas voters. The survey shows Joe Biden... Read more
Posted on 01 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Pandemic Slides A Half-Billion People Into Poverty Worldwide (But Billionaires...
(This image of rich and poor is by Rogelio Naranjo, and was found at Phawker.com.) It would be a huge understatement to say the billionaires are doing well.... Read more
Posted on 01 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY
