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• Is Bernie Bringing A Surge Of New Voters? (NO)

  

  Bernie Sanders claims to be able to bring a massive surge of new voters to the Democratic cause. He said his candidacy would do that in 2016, and he is repeatin... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Biden Gets A Huge Bump From His South Carolina Victory

  

  The chart above is from the Morning Consult Poll. It compares the support of the major candidates both before and after the South Carolina primary. The pre-S.C. Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Field Is Down To Four As Klobuchar Drops Out

  

  Amy Klobuchar is dropping out of the 2020 presidential race. That narrows the field to four candidates (after Steyer and Buttigieg also dropped out over the... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Buttigieg Drops Out Of The 2020 Presidential Race

  

  After the South Carolina primary, the field of candidates was narrowed by two candidates dropping out of the race. On Saturday night, Tom Steyer dropped out. On... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 9 Charts Showing The Growth Of Income Inequality In U.S.

  

  Prior to 1980, most segments of the American population shared in the nation's rising productivity. But when the Republicans assumed enough power in 1980, they... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Chance Of Brokered Convention Grows - Tuesday Predictions

  

  One of the most respected political prognosticators is Nate Silver at fivethirtyeight.com. Last week, he had the chance of Democrats having a brokered conventio... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Early Voting Totals For Texas Democratic Primary

  

  The chart above uses the official figures from the office of the Texas Secretary of State. It shows the total number of early voters in 15 of the largest... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Pandemic Is Coming - Is It The Coronavirus?

  

  This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (yellow) among human cells (pink). This virus was isolated from a patient in the U.S. (Color has been... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Biden Wins Big In The South Carolina Primary

  

  Joe Biden needed a big win in the South Carolina Democratic primary -- and he got it. In a field of seven candidates, he got nearly half of the votes. That mean... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• There Are More Registered Democrats & Independents Than Republicans In The U.S.

  

  There are 31 states and the District of Columbia where voters must register their party preference. Democrats have the most registered voters (39.66%), and... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Concern Over Coronavirus Grows In Spite Of Trump Lies

  

  This chart is from the Morning Consult Poll -- done most recently between February 24th and 26th of a national sample of 2,000 adults, with a 2 point margin of... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Surgical Mask Will NOT Protect You From Coronavirus

  

  (The photo above, from Getty Images, was found at wgbh.org.) Anytime the media does a story about the Coronavirus, they show pictures of people wearing... Read more

  Posted on 29 February 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Primary Day In South Carolina - Will Biden Get His 1st Win?

  

  It's primary day in South Carolina, and Joe Biden desperately needs a win. Will South Carolina come through for him? The chart above is from RealClearPolitics. Read more

  Posted on 29 February 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Majority Of Democrats Say Obama Has Endorsed Someone

  

  The chart above is from the Morning Consult Poll -- done between February 20th and 23rd of a national sample of 2,754 Democratic primary voters, with a 2 point... Read more

  Posted on 29 February 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Coronavirus Could Well Be Donald Trump's "Waterloo"

  

  (Cartoon image is by Bill Day at Cagle.com.) If there is one thing the Trump administration has displayed during the last three years, it is incompetence. That... Read more

  Posted on 29 February 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Chance Of A Brokered (Contested) Convention Is Growing

  

  It has been a long time since the Democratic Party had a "brokered" convention. That's a convention where no candidate arrives with a majority of delegates... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Early Voting Still Up In Texas (And New Texas Poll)

  

  The chart above uses official figures from the office of the Texas Secretary of State. It shows the early voting totals (both in-person and mail-in) for the... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 2020 Election Spending Is Breaking Records

  

  These charts shows the election spending between January 1st and February 23rd on the presidential race. The top chart shows the spending done by the candidates... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Atmospheric CO2 At Highest Level In Last 3 Million Years

  

  (This image was found at slideshare.net.) A few days ago, I told you about the fact that January of 2020 was the hottest month since records have been kept... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Sanders Leads In The New YouGov Poll By 10 Points

  

  The chart above reflects the results of the latest Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between February 23rd and 25th of a national sample of 1,500 adults (includin... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY