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• View Of Young Voters On Presidential Race & Other Issues

  

  All of the charts in this post are from information in the GenForward Survey done at the University of Chicago. It was done between June 14th and 27th of a... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Keith Ellison: A True Progressive Now Supporting Clinton

  

  The photo above of Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minnesota) and the article below (written by Ellison) are both from Daily Kos. Rep. Ellison was a supporter of Bernie... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Swing State Voters Don't Trust Trump To Pick S.C. Nominees

  

  One of the most important issues in the coming presidential election is the picking of Supreme Court justices. The court is already one justice short, and Senat... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Voters Don't Believe They Have An Influence On Congress

  

  The job approval numbers for Congress have been extremely low for a couple of years. The chart above helps to explain why. The people in the congressional... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Five Republican Senators That Could Be In Trouble

  

  Five "swing state" Republican senators could well be in trouble in the coming election -- Ron Johnson, Kelly Ayotte, John McCain, Pat Toomey, and Rob Portman. Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bernie Sanders' Message To His Supporters

  

  On Tuesday, Bernie Sanders kept his word and fully endorsed Hillary Clinton for the presidency. After doing that, he sent a message to all of his supporters. Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Racial Views Of Blacks And Whites Are Far Apart

  

  President Obama addressed the racial problems in this country at the memorial for the slain Dallas Police officers on Tuesday. Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Snapshot Of The 2016 Presidential Campaign In 13 Charts

  

  These charts, from a recent survey by the Pew Research Center, provide a current snapshot of the 2016 presidential campaign. The survey was done between June... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Sanders Enthusiastically Endorses Clinton For President

  

  On Tuesday, it finally happened. Bernie Sanders endorsed Hillary Clinton for the presidency. Here are some of his remarks in making that endorsement: I am... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Health Insurance Coverage Remains At An All-Time High

  

  This graph is from the recent Gallup Poll -- done in the second quarter of this year of a random national sample of 46,060 adults, with a margin of error of onl... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The GOP Is Killing The American Middle Class

  

  There was a time when the United States had the richest and largest (percentage-wise) middle class in the world. That is no longer true. Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• It's The 90th Anniversary Of The "Scopes Monkey Trial"

  

  The photo above is of Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan. The picture at left is of John Thomas Scopes. They are the major figures in one of the most... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bahamian Government Warns Citizens About Travel To U.S.

  

  Many White Americans (especially right-wingers) want to ignore or excuse the extraordinary numbers of Black Americans killed by police. But other countries see... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bush Still Blamed More Than Obama For The Poor Economy

  

  This chart reflects the results of a recent Gallup Poll -- done between June 14th and 23rd of a random national sample of 1,025 adults, with a margin of error o... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Map of Income Inequality In All 50 States

  

  This map, by the Business Insider (using information from the Economic Policy Institute), shows the economic inequality in each of the 50 states. Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Hillary Clinton Would Add A "Public Option" To Obamacare

  

  (Photo of Hillary Clinton is from hillaryclinton.com.) From an article by Jonathan Cohn in The Huffington Post: Hillary Clinton reaffirmed her support on... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Public's View On Issues In Eleven Charts

  

  These charts were made using information in the newest YouGov Poll -- done between July 2nd and 4th of a random national sample of 1,300 adults, with a margin o... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Arizona Will Vote On Marijuana Legalization In November

  

  (This image is from inquisitor.com.) There are already four states that have legalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana for recreational use --... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Preference For Congressional Democrats Is Growing

  

  Most political pundits don't give Democrats much of a chance to flip the House of Representatives to their control in the November election. Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• When Will Black Lives Matter ?

  

  (This cartoon image, referred to in the following post, is by Ed Hall.) The following is a guest post by my friend Brian McLaughlin: Idiots, the lot of them.... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY