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Outsiders Don't Get To Make The Democratic Party Rules
The latest complaint from Bernie Sanders supporters is that the rules of the Democratic Party are unfair to their candidate. The unfairness they speak of is... Read more
Posted on 11 February 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Two More Republicans Drop Out Of Presidential Race
I borrowed the image above from a Facebook friend, because it effectively tells the story. When the Republican presidential nominating race started a few... Read more
Posted on 11 February 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
I Like Hillary - And I'm Proud To Support Her
The following post is by Lesleyann Coker in The Huffington Post. She sums up my feeling exactly. Too many people have accepted the Republican lies about... Read more
Posted on 11 February 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Bernie Sanders Wins Big In New Hampshire
(The graphic above is by DonkeyHotey.) The people of New Hampshire have spoken, and Bernie Sanders is the big winner in that state. Read more
Posted on 10 February 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Bernie Has Benefitted More From Super-PACs Than Hillary
(These caricatures of Sanders and Clinton are by DonkeyHotey.) I have always liked Bernie Sanders (and even donated to his last senate campaign), but I am... Read more
Posted on 10 February 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Arkansas, Michigan & N. Carolina Strong For Clinton
Now that voters in Iowa and New Hampshire have made their decision, we move on to other states -- and three of those states voting in the next month are Arkansa... Read more
Posted on 10 February 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
New NBC National Poll Shows Clinton Holding Big Lead
This is from the NBC News / Survey Monkey Weekly Poll -- done between February 1st and 7th of a random national sample of 10,707 adults (9,690 of them registere... Read more
Posted on 10 February 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Newest Polls Show New Hampshire Race May Be Tightening
The top chart represents results from the new Boston Herald / Franklin Pierce University Poll -- done between February 2nd and 6th of a random sample of 407... Read more
Posted on 09 February 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Texas Green Party Announces Convention Dates
For you progressives who just don't feel comfortable in the Democratic Party, the Green Party is always an alternative -- and they have just announced their... Read more
Posted on 09 February 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump Still Leads GOP Race Nationally
The chart above was made from the results of a new Rasmussen Poll -- done on February 3rd and 4th of a random national sample of 725 likely Republican voters,... Read more
Posted on 09 February 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Terms The Right-Wing Tosses Around Without Understanding
(This chart is from Across The Fruited Plain.) I thought this post by Mark E. Andersen at Daily Kos was very good. Since 2008 we have seen conservatives call... Read more
Posted on 09 February 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
There's Still Too Much Misogyny In The United States
This chart was made from results of a Washington Post / Kaiser Family Foundation Poll -- done between May 21st and June 17th of a random national sample of 1,61... Read more
Posted on 08 February 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Electing A Socialist President In U.S. Is Just Not Realistic
Many progressives and young people are deluding themselves. They have become excited about the candidacy of Bernie Sanders, and because they are willing to... Read more
Posted on 08 February 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Iowa Put A Dent In Trump Inevitability
This is the latest result from the Rasmussen Poll on the likelihood of Donald Trump being the GOP presidential nominee. The survey was done on February 3rd and... Read more
Posted on 08 February 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Americans Think The Republican Party Favors The Rich
These charts were made from Pew Research Center surveys done in December and January of 3,509 adult Americans. They show some good and some bad news for... Read more
Posted on 07 February 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Summary Of All N.H. Democratic Polls Since Iowa Caucuses
The chart above shows all of the Democratic polls done in New Hampshire since the Iowa caucuses. They are: NBC/WSJ/Marist Poll (Feb 2-3) -- 567 likely voters... Read more
Posted on 07 February 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Least And Most Religious States In The United States
This view of the least and most religious states is from the Gallup Poll. It comes from Gallup Polls done between January 1st and December 31st of 174.745 adult... Read more
Posted on 07 February 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
President Obama's Speech At The Baltimore Mosque
(This image of the president signing an autograph at Baltimore mosque is from whitehouse.gov.) President Obama spoke to muslims at a Baltimore mosque on Februar... Read more
Posted on 07 February 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
U.S. Unemployment Rate Finally Dips Below 5% (To 4.9%)
The Labor Department has released its unemployment statistics for the month of January, and it's some fairly good news. For the first time in eight years, the... Read more
Posted on 06 February 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Three Newest National Democratic Polls
The Public Policy Polling survey was done on February 2nd and 3rd of a random national sample of 517 likely Democratic voters, and has a margin of error of 4.3... Read more
Posted on 06 February 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY