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A political/economics blog written from a progressive point of view.
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jobsanger
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A political/economics blog written from a progressive point of view.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 16965 )
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New Poll Has Trump Job Approval At 32%
Donald Trump's approval numbers look bad no matter what poll is looked at. These numbers are from the Los Angeles Times / USC Dornsife Poll, using the... Read more
Posted on 21 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Amazon Cuts The Bidding War For Its New Facility To 20 Cities
(This cartoon image was found at The Contributor.) Amazon, the mega on-line corporation, wants to build a new headquarters complex. Read more
Posted on 21 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
GOP Refuses To Pass DACA - Shuts Down The Government
The chart above is from a new ABC News / Washington Post Poll -- done between January 15th and 18th of a random national sample of 1,005 adults, with a margin o... Read more
Posted on 20 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Military/Defense Spending Should NOT Be Increased
While watching the Senate debate on the continuing resolution to keep from shutting down the government, I heard many senators (from both parties) talking... Read more
Posted on 20 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump Has Lowest Approval Of Any President After 1 Year
The chart above shows the average poll job approval of all presidents since World War II after they had been in office for 365 days. Read more
Posted on 20 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Another Survey Shows Dems Hold Advantage In 2018
These charts are from a new Pew Research Center's latest survey. It was done between January 10th and 15th of a random national sample of 1,503 voters, with a... Read more
Posted on 20 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The "Pain And Suffering Index" Is High For Many In U.S.
(The photo of Dan Rather is from his Facebook page.) Donald Trump likes to brag about how well the Sack Market is doing. That is good for the rich, but has... Read more
Posted on 20 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public Gives Obama More Credit Than Trump For Economy
Donald Trump continually brags about how good he has been for the economy. He would like Americans to think the economy wasn't improving until he became... Read more
Posted on 19 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Global Approval Of U.S. Leadership Dropped Under Trump
These charts are from a newly-released Gallup Poll. They questioned approximately 1,000 people in each of 135 different countries, and the margin of error is... Read more
Posted on 19 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Most Voters Don't Want Oprah Winfrey To Run For President
There is still talk on social media (and on cable news) about the possibility of Oprah Winfrey running for president. What does the general public think? Do the... Read more
Posted on 19 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump Responsible For Decline In Freedom (U.S. & World)
Freedom House has released its annual report on freedom. Sadly, 2017 was not a good year. Freedom declined in the world, and in the United States -- and the... Read more
Posted on 19 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public Doesn't Think Trump Will Go Down As A Good Prez
This newly released poll asked respondents to rate the last seven presidents. It is the Economist / YouGov Poll that was done between January 14th and 16th of... Read more
Posted on 18 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Biden Is Most Popular Of Possible Presidential Candidates
I found these numbers interesting, and thought you might also. They are from the new Quinnipiac University Poll done between January 12th and 16th of a random... Read more
Posted on 18 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public Sees Trump As Racist, A Divider, And Doing Poor Job
These charts reflect information in a new Quinnipiac University Poll -- done between January 12th and 16th of a random national sample of 1,212 voters, with a... Read more
Posted on 18 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump Has The 4 Warning Signs Of A Budding Tyrant
(This image of Donald Trump is by DonkeyHotey.) The following is just a small part of an excellent article by Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times. Read more
Posted on 18 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Number Of Uninsured Americans Has Risen Under Trump
The chart above reflects the numbers in a newly released Gallup Poll. It was done between October 1 and December 31st of 2017 of a random national sample of... Read more
Posted on 17 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Voters Grade Trump On His First Year In Office
This chart uses information contained in a new Politico / Morning Consult Poll -- done on January 4th and 5th of a random national sample of 1,988 registered... Read more
Posted on 17 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Corruption Is Alive And Well In The Trump Administration
(Cartoon image is by Mark Bryan.) It didn't take corporations, organizations, foreign powers, and politicians long at all to discover the way to influence Donal... Read more
Posted on 17 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump Kills DACA Deal And Tries To Blame Democrats
When Trump met at the White House with both Republicans and Democrats a few days ago, he urged them to negotiate a compromise on DACA. He told them he would sig... Read more
Posted on 16 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Republicans Happy With Direction Of U.S. - Others Are Not
A majority (61%) of Republicans say they are satisfied with the current direction of the United States. But they are alone. Only tiny minorities of the general... Read more
Posted on 16 January 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY
