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The Abortion Issue in the Context of a Genetic Defect in the Baby
The very complicated issue of abortion continues to divide America. Today I investigated the abortion issue in the context of knowing a strong chance for a genetic defect in the baby exists. The Dataset, Dependent Variables and Covariates Dataset: I utilized the … Continue reading
Posted in Health
Tagged abortion, age, conservative, Democrats, educational attainment, genetics, independents, party, religion
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Some Issues Never Die: “Removing President Clinton from Office”
Some issues never die. One issue which still remains controversial is the impeachment of President Clinton and the subsequent votes on perjury and obstruction of justice in the Senate to remove the President from office. A colleague pointed me to … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Government, Science
Tagged Clinton, conservatism, impeachment, logistic regression, obstruction from justice, party, perjury, Senate votes
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A Profile of the Birthers
What’s the profile of a typical ‘birther’ – a person who doesn’t believe President Obama was born in the USA? To answer the question I downloaded the ‘2010-12 ANES Evaluations of Government and Society Study (EGSS1)’ dataset. I specified a … Continue reading
Do Republicans Do a Better Job with the Economy? What Does the Evidence Say
Is There an Association between the President’s Party and Party Control of Congress and Economic Growth? Conventional wisdom suggests that Republicans do a better job with the economy than Democrats. We will examine existing evidence to see if the data … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Elections, Government, Income Distribution, Inequality, Presidential Leadership, Socio-economic Status, Taxes, Wealth
Tagged Congress, debt, deficit, Democrats, economic growth, economy, GDP, income distribution, income percentile, inequality, job creation, jobs, manufacturing, party, presidents, prosperity, Republicans, stock market, unemployment, wealth
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Republican Strength in Congress, Decline of Unions, Tax Policies and Stock Market are Important for Aiding Super-Rich
A new study in the American Sociological Review finds Republican strength in Congress is an important factor in aiding the super-rich, but the President’s party affiliation is not related. The authors, Thomas W. Volschoa and Nathan J. Kellyb, provide the following … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Government, Income Distribution, Inequality, Presidential Leadership, Socio-economic Status, Taxes, Wealth
Tagged capital gains, Congress, economy, income distribution, inequality, party, policy, politics, President, social class, socio-economic status, super-rich, tax rates, top 1%, unions
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