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A political/economics blog written from a progressive point of view.
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New Poll Shows Senate Race In Texas Is Close
The chart above reflects the results of the latest Quinnipiac University Poll on the Senate race in Texas. The poll questioned 1,078 likely voters between... Read more
Posted on 31 October 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump (& Ivanka, Eric, Don Jr.) Accused Of Financial Scams
(This caricature of Trump is by DonkeyHotey.) The following is just a part of an excellent article about Trump (and three of his children) engaging in... Read more
Posted on 31 October 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Youth Vote Favors Democrats According To A New Poll
Much has been discussed and written about the youth vote in the coming election. Will young voters go to the polls or stay home on November 6th? Who will they... Read more
Posted on 30 October 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Open Letter From Jewish Leaders Should Be From All Of Us
(Cartoon image is by David Fitzsimmons in the Arizona Daily Star.) After the tragedy in Pittsburgh, Trump didn't even suspend his political hate speech for one... Read more
Posted on 30 October 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Genetics Tells Us That Race Is A False Concept
In his campaign, Donald Trump promised to be a "uniter". After being sworn into office, he has done just the opposite of that. He has divided this country... Read more
Posted on 30 October 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Dems Still Hold Solid Lead With Only Days To Go
These charts are from RealClearPolitics. The top chart shows the latest generic ballot polling. The second shows the history of the generic ballot polling for... Read more
Posted on 29 October 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
First Week Of Texas Early Voting Far Stronger Than 2014
These 15 largest counties contain about 65% of the total registered voters in the state of Texas (which has 254 counties). The top chart shows the total number... Read more
Posted on 29 October 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Star-Telegram Endorses O'Rourke In Texas Senate Race
(This photo of Beto O'Rourke is from his campaign website.) The two largest newspapers in Texas (The Dallas Morning News and the Houston Chronicle) have... Read more
Posted on 29 October 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Another Mass Shooting While Congress Does Nothing
(This photo of the Pittsburg mass shooting is from USA Today.) America suffered another mass shooting on Saturday. This time it was in Pittsburg, where 46... Read more
Posted on 28 October 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Voter Opinion Of Trump Is A Big Factor In The Election
Pundits have been debating for weeks about whether voter feelings about Donald Trump is a big factor in this election (even though he's not on the ballot). Read more
Posted on 28 October 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Rising Costs Are A Serious Detriment To U.S. Health System
The two most egregious Problems with health care in the United States are the lack of insurance coverage for all citizens and the enormous growth of the cost... Read more
Posted on 28 October 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Bomber Arrested (& As Expected Was A Trump Supporter)
(The photos in this post are from NBC News. The top image shows the decals on the bomber's van. At left is a prior booking photo of the bomber (56 year-old Cesa... Read more
Posted on 27 October 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
New "Likely Voter" Poll Shows Cruz With A Slim Lead
This chart shows the results of the latest University of Texas / Texas Tribune Poll. It was done between October 12th and 19th (before early voting began on... Read more
Posted on 27 October 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Right-Wing "Logic"
Political Cartoon is by Nick Anderson. Read more
Posted on 27 October 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Dallas Newspaper Blasts Trump For His "Nationalist" Claim
(The caricature of Donald Trump is by DonkeyHotey. I added the tag line.) Donald Trump recently claimed to be a "nationalist" -- echoing the beliefs of other... Read more
Posted on 27 October 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Texas Early Voting Still High After The First 3 Days
The charts above show the total number of voters and the percentage of registered voters that voted in the first three days of early voting in Texas. Read more
Posted on 26 October 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Democrats Still Hold A Generic Ballot Advantage
Early voting has started in many states, and this poll shows Democrats still have the advantage (47% to 41%) among registered voters. Republicans have the... Read more
Posted on 26 October 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
U.S. Should End It's Double Standard On Iran/Saudi Arabia
Iran and Saudi Arabia are probably the two most powerful muslim nations in the Middle East, and they hate each other. That's because each is pushing to make... Read more
Posted on 26 October 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump Voters Have A Strange View Of Discrimination
The chart above shows results from a recent Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between October 14th and 16th of a national sample of 1500 adults, with a margin of... Read more
Posted on 25 October 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public Says Trump Has Not Been Tough Enough On Saudi's
Despite their denial, the American public knows that the government of Saudi Arabia (specifically Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman) ordered the murder of... Read more
Posted on 25 October 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY
