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• New Texas Poll Shows Clinton Within Striking Distance

  

  These charts were made from information in the new Texas Lyceum Poll -- done between September 1st and 11th of a random sample of Texas voters. Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Clinton And Trump Positions On Global Climate Change

  

  Science debate.org sent a survey to both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump (and the third party candidates) asking them to answer 20 questions about science... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Three New National Polls Show A Tighter Presidential Race

  

  The Quinnipiac University Poll was done between September 8th and 13th of a random national sample of 960 likely voters, and has a margin of error of 3.2 points. Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trust In The Media Is At An All-Time Low In The U.S.

  

  This comes as no surprise to me, considering the poor job the media has done of covering the impending presidential election. Only 32%of Americans say they... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Can Democrats Retake Control Of The House This Year ?

  

  Most political pundits give the Democrats a pretty good chance of retaking control of the Senate in the coming election. The House is a different matter. Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Immigrants Have LOWER Rates Of Crime Than Citizens

  

  Donald Trump started his campaign by demonizing immigrants, and he continues to do that. It's his claim that those immigrants, especially undocumented Hispanic... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Figures Show Obamacare Is Working But Could Be Better

  

  These charts were made with information from the new report from the United States Census Bureau. It shows that the implementation of the Affordable Care Act... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Poverty Rate This Century Among Racial/Ethnic Groups

  

  This chart was made from information in the new United States Census Report. Note that poverty began to rise with the election of Republican George W. Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The U.S. Has Both A Wage And Poverty Gender Gap

  

  The two charts above are from the latest report from the United States Census Bureau. It highlights a very troubling fact about the United States. Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump's Business Ties Could Damage U.S. National Security

  

  (Cartoon image of Trump is by Martin Rowson in The Guardian.) Kurt Eichenwald has written an excellent article for Newsweek. He examines Trump's business... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Medium Income Rises -- Still Below The Median For 2007

  

  According to the United States Census Bureau, the median income of Americans rose last year -- from $53,718 in 2014 to $56,516 in 2015. That's good news, but no... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• U.S. Census Releases The New Poverty Rates In U.S.

  

  The United States Census Bureau has released the new poverty rates for the United States. The good news is that poverty overall went down. Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Latest Polls Show The Blue States Solidly Behind Clinton

  

  Donald Trump is having trouble trying to keep some of his red states in the fold (Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina). Hillary Clinton doesn't have that kind of... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Warren Blasts GOP/Big Banks For Trying To Destroy CFPB

  

  Here is the latest missive from Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts): Why are the giant banks still fighting to kill off the Consumer Financial... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Is Afraid Of A Real Debate With Hillary Clinton

  

  (Caricature of Donald Trump is by DonkeyHotey.) Recently, there has been talk that Donald Trump would skip the presidential debates. Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Two New Electoral Maps Show Clinton Winning

  

  These are the latest electoral college maps for the 2016 presidential race. The top map is from fivethirtyeight.com, and the bottom is from ABC News. Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• New Hispanic Poll Shows Trump With Only 11.2% Of Vote

  

  These charts are from the recently released New Latino Voice / Florida International University Poll. It was done between August 23rd and 30th of a random... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Demographic Portrait Of A Changing United States

  

  For most of it's history, Whites were the dominant majority of the population in the United States. They are still the majority, but the country is changing... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Dueling Tweets From The Presidential Candidates

  

  (Cartoon image is by Dave Granlind at davegranlund.com.) Any reasonable person would admit that Donald Trump has won the hearts of racists, misogynists,... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• New National Poll Shows Clinton With 5-Point Margin

  

  This is the latest ABC News / Washington Post Poll. It was done between September 5th and 8th of a random national sample of 842 registered voters, and has a 4... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY