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Major Parties Regarded as Being Out of Touch: 70% Say Republicans Out of Touch, 51% Say Democrats are Out of Touch
According to the April 2013 Washington Post Post-ABC poll both major parties are regarded by a majority as being out of touch with the concerns of most people. Seventy percent of the poll respondents indicated the Republican party was out of … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Government
Tagged Democrats, elections, favorability, government, poll, Republicans
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CBS: Republicans were Source of Inaccurate Benghazi Emails
Via Daily Kos, Jed Lewison: “From a logical standpoint, it was pretty obvious that Republicans were the source of the inaccurate Benghazi talking point emails reported last Friday by ABC News White House correspondent Jon Karl, but when the actual … Continue reading
Posted in Government
Tagged Benghazi, CBS, false leaks, GOP, government, Republicans
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CBO Director on Choices for Federal Spending and Taxes
The Director of the Congressional Budget Office, Douglas W. Elmendorf, made a presentation on the Federal Budget to the Harvard Economics 10 class on April 26. I encourage you to download and read the entire presentation. It’s a clear and concise overview … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Government, Income Distribution, Socio-economic Status, Taxes
Tagged budget, CBO, defense, Democrats, Elmendorf, entitlements, GDP, interest, Medicare, Republicans, revenue, Social Security, taxes
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Republicans Moving to the Right More than Democrats Moving to the Left
A summary of a paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association’s annual conference: “Party Fit Theory: A Candidate-Level Explanation for Partisan Polarization in Congress” by Danielle Thomsen “Some recent research has demonstrated that while our congressional parties have been … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Government
Tagged Democrats, elections, government, ideology, polarization, politics, primaries, Republicans
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Do Political Contributions Affect Senatorial Votes?
There’s a great deal of interest in “getting money out of politics.” The blunt charge is that political contributions trump constituent interests in favor of special interests. Is there evidence which supports this allegation? I found an interesting study by Preston … Continue reading
Posted in Government
Tagged CAFE standards, contributions, Democrats, logistic regression, money, politics, Republicans, special interests, votes
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GOP Now Viewed by Majority of Americans as “Too Extreme”
Poll Taken before Collapse of Boehner’s Plan B The latest CNN/ORC poll indicates the American people are concluding the Republican party is too extreme. Worse for the GOP this poll was taken before Boehner’s Plan B collapsed, leading Kevin Drum to … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Elections, Government
Tagged CNN/ORC, extremism, GOP, poll, Republicans, tribal
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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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Which Presidential Administrations Provide Greater Stock/Bond Gains?
Conventional wisdom suggests Republican presidential administrations provide greater economic gains to Wall Street and stock holders than Democratic administrations. Let’s examine the evidence to see if the data confirms conventional wisdom. Barclays Capital and The Economist looked at the data, … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Elections, Government, Presidential Leadership
Tagged bonds, Democrats, economy, presidents, Republicans, returns on investment, stocks
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Racial Resentment and Support for Voter ID Laws Correlated
University of Delaware researchers found a direct correlation between “racial resentment” and support for voter ID laws. The highest scores on the measure of racial resentment were observed among Republicans or conservatives. However, Republicans and conservatives favor the laws regardless … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Prejudice
Tagged conservatives, Democrats, liberals, racism, Republicans, voter ID
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Prescription Drug Costs, Denied Competition and Safety Concerns
Many believe Medicare Part D should open up prescription drug costs to competitive negotiation. Others point to safety. Others say the majority of prescription drugs are produced in foreign countries anyway. Prescription drug costs are a concern to almost everyone. … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Health
Tagged Canada, competition, Congress, costs, foreign competition, negotiation, prescription drugs, Republicans, safety
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