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A political/economics blog written from a progressive point of view.
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Young Voters Provide A Portrait Of The GOP's Future
The chart above shows the political preference of young voters (ages 18 to 29) over the last 20 years. Note that as the Republican Party has become more... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Religion Most Important For A Happy Life? - Most Say No
Religious fundamentalists would have us believe that the most important thing necessary to have a happy life is religion (specifically the christian religion). Read more
Posted on 30 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Obamacare Insurance Purchases Race Past 6 Million
Everyone was wondering if the sign-ups for private insurance through the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) would get to 6 million before the March 31st deadline.... Read more
Posted on 29 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Domestic Violence And Guns Don't Mix - And A Better Background Check Law Could...
There are a few facts that are beyond debate. That women in the United States are 11 times more likely to be murdered with a gun than women in other... Read more
Posted on 29 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Hillary Looks Good Against The GOP Field In Colorado
This information is from a Public Policy Polling survey of 568 registered voters in Colorado (including 255 GOP primary voters) done between March 13th and 16th... Read more
Posted on 29 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Senate Democrats Ready To Play Hardball Politics
(This caricature of the major political party symbols is by DonkeyHotey.) It looks like I may have underestimated Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada). Read more
Posted on 28 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Majority In Colorado Still Back Legal Marijuana
The charts in this post were made from a Public Policy Polling survey that was done between March 13th and 16th of 568 registered voters in Colorado, with a... Read more
Posted on 28 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public Still Prefers Broadcast News To Cable News
The Pew Research Center has released its yearly look at the State of the News Media. It's a fairly comprehensive look at all different types of news media -- TV... Read more
Posted on 28 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
More Verification That Americans Want To Keep Obamacare
All of the charts in this post were made from information provided in the new Kaiser Foundation Health Tracking Poll. The survey was done between March 11th... Read more
Posted on 27 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Age Doesn't Look Any Better Than Race For The GOP
Yesterday I wrote a post on race and political party preference. It showed that while Republicans have a 9.5 point advantage over the Democrats among Whites,... Read more
Posted on 27 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Women Oppose A Business Exemption On Religious Grounds To Providing A Health Pla...
This chart was made from information in a Hart Research Associates Poll released on March 24th. The survey queried 1,004 women voters between the age of 18 and... Read more
Posted on 26 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
A Humorous (?) Petition
(The image above is from the right-wing website thecommonsenseshow.com.) The White House has a website (petitions.whitehouse.gov) where any citizen can create... Read more
Posted on 26 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Political Party Preferences By Race
This information is from past and present Gallup Polls (between 1995 and 2013) -- with each years poll containing at least 18,000 nationwide adults. Read more
Posted on 26 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Bernie Lays It On The Line
(This caricature of Senator Bernie Sanders is by the great DonkeyHotey.) Here is the latest missive from America's greatest senator -- Senator Bernie Sanders... Read more
Posted on 26 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Chris Christie Finds Himself Innocent
(The cartoon image above is by Bill Day at cagle.com.) The first of several inquiries into whether New Jersey Governor Chris Christie ordered or knew of the... Read more
Posted on 25 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Does Your Congressperson Smoke Marijuana ?
These charts were made from information contained in a newly released YouGov Poll. The survey was taken on March 14th and 15th of a random nationwide sample of... Read more
Posted on 25 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Green Party Says Obama To Outspend Reagan On Nukes
This article was written by Green Party Shadow Cabinet member Steve Breyman on March 17th: Barack Obama has outlined a nuclear weapon expansion plan that beats... Read more
Posted on 25 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public Believes The Rich Pay A Smaller Percentage Of Their Income In Taxes Than...
The chart above was made from information contained in a new Rasmussen Poll. The survey was done on March 17th and 18th of a random nationwide sample of 1,000... Read more
Posted on 24 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Americans Overwhelmingly Want Obamacare To Succeed
With the 2014 election starting to heat up, politicians still seem to think the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) will be an issue. Read more
Posted on 24 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
East Texas City Rejects Ted Nugent
Longview is an East Texas city of just over 80,000 inhabitants, and they have decided that musician, right-wing extremist, pedophile, and rabid Obama-hater Ted... Read more
Posted on 24 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY
