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A political/economics blog written from a progressive point of view.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 16965 )
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Demographic Breakdown Of Clinton And Trump Favorability
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump by Demographic Group % with favorable opinion Hillary ClintonDonald TrumpClinton minus Trump (pct. pts. Read more
Posted on 28 May 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
President Obama's Speech To The World From Hiroshima
[This photo of President Obama in Hiroshima is by Shoji Kajiyama (AP) and from abcnews.go.com.] This is the speech President Obama gave from Hiroshima:... Read more
Posted on 28 May 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
California Democratic Presidential Race May Be Tightening
The chart above was made from the results of a survey done by the Public Policy Institute of California -- completed between May 13th and 22nd of a random sampl... Read more
Posted on 27 May 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Legal Use Of Marijuana Could Be Approved In California
The petition to legalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana for recreational use has gotten the required number of signatures, and will be on the... Read more
Posted on 27 May 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
State Department Report Actually Vindicates Hillary Clinton
The cable news channels had been making a big deal of the State Department report on Clinton's use of a private e-mail server while Secretary of State. They... Read more
Posted on 27 May 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Bernie Is Trying To Bully Democratic Party And It Must Stop
The lady pictured here is Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the chairperson of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). All day long yesterday, the cable news networks... Read more
Posted on 26 May 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Millions Don't Always Have Money To Feed Their Families
This is a chart that all Americans should be ashamed of. It shows the percentage of Americans that at some time in the last year did not have the money to... Read more
Posted on 26 May 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Reasons Why Bernie Lost The Nomination Fair And Square
[This photo of Markos Moulitsas Zuniga (Kos) from sfgate.com is by Frederic Larson.] Bernie Sanders and his supporters have come up with myriad reasons why he i... Read more
Posted on 26 May 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
2/3 of Americans Want Tax Returns From Prez Candidates
Donald Trump has refused to release any of his tax returns -- even though Hillary Clinton has released about 33 years worth of her and Bill's tax returns. What... Read more
Posted on 25 May 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Clinton More Popular With Democrats Than Trump With GOP
How popular is Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump with Democrats and Republicans? Their net favorable rating (favorable minus unfavorable) with the opposite... Read more
Posted on 25 May 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Sanders Trails Clinton Badly In New California Poll
The chart above represents the results of a new KABC / SurveyUSA Poll -- done May 19th through 22nd of a random sample of 1,598 registered voters in California. Read more
Posted on 25 May 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Bernie Is Insulting Voters And Tarnishing His Own Image
(This caricature of Bernie Sanders is by DonkeyHotey.) The following excellent post is by Amanda Marcotte at Salon. It's well worth a read. Read more
Posted on 25 May 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Clinton Has Received The Most Negative Media Coverage
Bernie Sanders has come up with a whole host of excuses as to why he is losing the Democratic presidential nomination -- DNC favoritism, closed primaries,... Read more
Posted on 24 May 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Public's View On Important Democratic Issues
These are the results of a recent YouGov Poll -- done between May 6th and 9th of a random national sample of voters, with about a 4 point margin of error. Read more
Posted on 24 May 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public's View Of The Two Major Political Parties
The charts above show the current public view of the Democratic and Republican parties. They were made from the ABC News / Washington Post Poll and the YouGov... Read more
Posted on 24 May 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
View Of Trump Improved Among GOP - Not General Public
The YouGov Poll did an interesting thing. They compared their latest poll (taken in May of this year) with the same questions they asked in June of last year. Read more
Posted on 23 May 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Men & Women Most Admired In The United States
The YouGov Poll recently did a survey worldwide about who people most admired. The most admired men were Bill Gates, Barack Obama, and Xi Jinping. Read more
Posted on 23 May 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Why Bernie Sanders Could Not Win The November Election
(The graphic above is by the inimitable DonkeyHotey.) The supporters (and aides) of Bernie Sanders are grasping on to a bit of hope provided by the polls --... Read more
Posted on 23 May 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
It's The Same Old Party
Political Cartoon is by Brian McFadden at Daily Kos. Read more
Posted on 23 May 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Most Recommended Beer In Each Of The 50 States
The charts are from the YouGov Poll, and show the most recommended beer in each of the 50 states (out of 33 brands of beer to choose from). I just thought it wa... Read more
Posted on 22 May 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY
