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• Two New Iowa Polls With Vastly Different Results Released

  

  There have been two new polls released on the Democratic presidential race in Iowa. The first is the Des Moines Register / Bloomberg News Poll -- done between... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Wants Campaign Spending By Outside Groups Limited

  

  Thanks to a misguided Supreme Court decision (Citizens United vs. FEC), outside groups (groups not specifically connected to any individual candidate's campaign... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• U.S. Economy Remains On The Edge Of A New Recession

  

  The best that can be said for the American economy in 2015 is that it pretty much stumbled through the year. The question, of course, is whether it will do... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 538.com Predicts A Clinton Win In Iowa & New Hampshire

  

  Nate Silver of fivethirtyeight.com has shown himself to be the premier interpreter of the polls in the last few elections. He understands the polls (and which... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Republican Party Is Now A Fringe Extremist Party

  

  On Tuesday night, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley delivered the Republican response to the President's State of the Union message. Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Two New National Polls Show Democratic Race Is Closer

  

  According to these two national polls, Hillary Clinton still leads the Democratic race for the presidential nomination -- but her lead seems to be shrinking. Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Five Trends All Americans Need To Know About

  

  (The image of trend arrows above is from Northeast Homes For Sale.) There are some trends that all Americans should know about. Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• More Millennials Are Democrats Than Are Republicans

  

  Political Scientists have done studies that show political preferences are established early, and that the party a person votes for the first time they vote is... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Dueling Polls Show Iowa May Be Close For Democrats

  

  The top chart represents results of a Public Policy Polling survey -- done between January 8th and 10th of a random sample of 580 likely Democratic voters in... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Is Bernie Sanders Streaking Ahead In New Hampshire ?

  

  The chart above reflects the results of a new Monmouth University Poll in New Hampshire -- done between January 7th and 10th of a random sample of 413 likely Ne... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Hillary Clinton's Plan To Restore Tax Fairness

  

  (Cartoon image is from liberalamerica.org.) The cartoon above bluntly states the truth about our tax system, and how unfair it is. Republicans will tell you tha... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Future In The U.S. (Demographically)

  

  This chart was made from an Education Week Research Center analysis of U.S. Department of Education figures. It shows a reality that Republicans continue to... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Shades Of Gray

  

  (Photo is by F. Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal.) One of the biggest stories in the media in the last few days has been the Sean Penn Interview with "E... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Liberals Are Rising, But No Ideology Is Dominant In U.S.

  

  These charts are from the Gallup Poll. They questioned 12,137 adults throughout the year of 2015 to get the latest results (and a similar sample for earlier... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Iowa Looking Like A Toss-Up Between Trump And Cruz

  

  These charts reflect the results of the newest Quinnipiac University Poll -- done between January 5th and 10th of a random sample of 602 likely GOP caucus... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Who Votes In American Elections ?

  

  The 2016 election will depend a lot on who shows up to vote, so I thought this was interesting. It is from the Pew Research Center. Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Poll Shows Iowa & New Hampshire A Dead Heat For Dems

  

  There is a new NBC News / Marist Poll on presidential preferences in Iowa and New Hampshire. It was done between January 2nd and 7th of 422 likely Democratic... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Fewer Americans Claim To Be In The Middle Class

  

  I thought this recent YouGov Poll was interesting. The poll was done between December 28th and 30th of a random national sample of 1,000 adults, and has a margi... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Opinion Of The Major Political Parties

  

  It looks like the American public is still not very happy with either of the two major political parties. But as in the recent past, they are less happy with th... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• New YouGov Poll On National Presidential Preference

  

  These charts reflect the presidential preferences in the new YouGov Poll -- dome between December 30th and January 6th of a random national sample of 630... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY