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• Trump Holds Record For Being The Most Joked About

  

  The Center for Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University counted up all the jokes told about politicians each year on late night talk shows. In... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Is Still The Most Unpopular President Since WWII

  

  This chart, from fivethirtyeight.com, shows the average poll approval of every president after 659 days in office since World War II. Note that Donald Trump... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Voters Gave Trump An Embarrassing Beating Last Tuesday

  

  (This caricature of Trump is by DonkeyHotey.) After the election last Tuesday, Donald Trump tried to claim it had been a good day for him. Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Exit Polls Shows Demographic Breakdown Of 2018 Voting

  

  The following charts (from CNN) show the exit polling for the 2018 congressional election. It shows the percentage of the vote that each group had -- and the... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Voter Percentage Was High In 2018 Midterm Election

  

  According to the United States Election Project, about 47.5% of eligible voters participated in the 2018 midterm election. That may not sound high, but it is th... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Gallup's 6 Reasons The Election Turned Out Like It Did

  

  What happened in the 2018 election? Why did it turn out the way it did. The people over at the Gallup Poll give us 6 factors they believe affected the election. Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Beto For President In 2020? It's NOT A Crazy Idea

  

  Beto O'Rourke lost his bid to unseat Ted Cruz in the Texas race for the U.S. Senate. But he made it a much closer race than any Democrat has done in a... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Another Mass Shooting - The 307th In The U.S. This Year

  

  We had another mass shooting in the news yesterday. This one (again by a homegrown white male) was in Thousand Oaks, California -- where the gunman killed 12... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What Should The House Democratic Majority Do Now ?

  

  (This map is from The New York Times.) The election is over, and the final votes are being counted. The one thing that is not in doubt is that the Democrats wil... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• I Have Mixed Feelings About Trump Firing Sessions

  

  (This caricature of Jeff Sessions is by DonkeyHotey.) Attorney General Jeff Sessions has submitted his resignation on Wednesday. But make no mistake. This was... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Election Saw Some Good Ballot Initiatives Passed

  

  Both Democrats and Republicans can celebrate the election day choices made by voters on politicians. The Democrats can celebrate winning control of the House... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Swing Of Voting Blocs For The Last Few Decades

  

  I found these four charts interesting, and thought you might. The charts (from The New York Times) show how different groups of voters have swung between the... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Divided: Rural Vs. Urban (With Suburbs As A Wild Card)

  

  The election last Tuesday made something very clear -- this country is very divided. It is divided between a Democratic electorate in urban areas and a... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Texas Is Still Red (But Not Quite As Red As It Was)

  

  This is no real surprise to most of us, but Texas still remains a pretty red state. But Democrats can be proud of their effort in that state, because they... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• With Dems Taking House, GOP Will Regret Rules Change

  

  It wasn't the huge blue wave I was hoping for, but Democrats have gained control of the House of Representatives. As I write this post, MSNBC has projected... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Obama (Not Trump) Is To Credit For The Better Economy

  

  Donald Trump likes to claim credit for the better economy. But the truth is that the only claim he can make honestly is that, at least so far, he hasn't... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Latest Generic Ballot Polls (Who Is Right?)

  

  This chart (from FiveThirtyEight.com) shows the latest generic ballot polls. They range from a 2 point advantage for Democrats to a 13 point advantage for... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Latest Electoral Projections For The U.S. House Outcome

  

  From FiveThirtyEight.com From CNN.com From cbsnews.com Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Early Voting Among The Young More Than Double 2014

  

  One of the big arguments among political pundits this year was what would happen with the youth vote (those under 30). Would they turn out in bigger numbers tha... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• This Is A Very Important Election - Make Sure You Vote!

  

  This chart represents the results of the SurveyMonkeytheSkimmHive Poll -- done between September 21st and October 1st of a national sample of 4,263 adults. Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY