The writing is on the fence for the White House for the GOP: whites will be the minority of American voters in the future. And even before then, Presidential candidates need to represent the entire American populations, not just certain groups of voters…
via daily-infographic:
When I was in college I realized the political and economic systems were vastly more complex and intertwined than most people realized, but that didn’t hinder my interest in changing it. Now that I’m firmly entrenched in the working world, I just don’t have time to work it out.
Which is kind of a shame, since I’m way more productive and disciplined than I was in college, just not towards the same ends…
More proof that Nate Silver is a statistical mastermind: he successfully predicted the 3 states overturning their same-sex marriage laws (and those that didn’t) more than a year before the 2012 elections.
if the hip-hop generation emerged largely out of a traumatic break in cultural and political leadership, the post-hip-hop generation rises from a sometimes nearly disabling self-awareness.
I’m going to have to disagree with Lori’s analysis below; hip-hop itself is the prevalent culture, and our country just re-elected its first black president, so I think both factors work towards the self-awareness at work…
(via lolololori)
There is no reason for this because there’s still a break in cultural and political leadership
What the 2012 electoral map would have looked like without Women’s Sufferage. Here’s how else the map would look different if other groups weren’t allowed to vote (and for a large part of American history they couldn’t)…
Mr. Burns explains the Fiscal Cliff, on behalf of Springfield’s Republicans (by ANIMATIONonFOX)
Because we don’t live in a binary system of “red” and “blue” states, here’s a much more realistic representation of the US, by: 1.) State level, 2.) County level, 3.) Popular vote, and big map 4.) accounting for population density.
This is what the US electoral map actually looks like- they’re your neighbors and friends, and most importantly Americans.
Journalists who professed to be political experts were shown to be well connected, well-informed perhaps, but — on the thing that ultimately decided the result: how people were planning to vote — not well educated. They were left reporting opinions, while Nate Silver and others reported research.
Which Dictator killed the most people?
