An Overwhelming Majority of Americans, 76 Percent, Now Support Raising the...
By Glynn Wilson – An overwhelming majority of Americans, 76 percent, now say they support an increase in the federal minimum wage, according to the latest Gallup poll on the subject. Gallup says...
View ArticlePoll Shows Residents Favor Oil Companies Paying for Damages to Louisiana...
An overwhelming majority of residents along the Gulf Coast in Louisiana, 93 percent, say that oil, gas and pipeline companies — not taxpayers — should pay to fix the damage to the coastal wetlands the...
View ArticleU.S. Tea Party Favorability Rating Falls to Record Low
A Majority of Americans, 51 Percent, View It Unfavorably – ANALYSIS – By Glynn Wilson - A majority of Americans for the first time, according to public opinion survey data, say they have an unfavorable...
View ArticleThe Year In Review for 2013
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – Facebook users are faced with a new link on their pages promoting them to “See Your 2013 Year in Review: Look back at your 20 biggest moments from the past year.”...
View ArticleThe Crystal Ball for 2014 is Partly Cloudy
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – Sitting here in the semi-dark looking out at a grey sky and into a blank screen, the modern equivalent of a blank sheet of paper in the typewriter, it’s a bit hard...
View ArticleRecord-High 42 Percent of Americans Identify as Political Independents
Republican Identification the Lowest in 25 Years – By Glynn Wilson – Forty-two percent of Americans identified themselves as political independents in 2013, the highest percentage Gallup has measured...
View ArticleIn Tectonic Demographic Shift, American Electorate Grows More Progressive
By Steve Rosenthal – Not too long ago, everyone was declaring American politics a lost cause for progressives. The religious right supposedly had a stranglehold on elections. Then it was the tea party...
View ArticleBody Politic, You Are Always On My Mind
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – Facebook always asks “what’s on your mind” in the Status Update box. But rather than answering that question on Facebook, I will reveal my thoughts for today here...
View ArticleAmericans of All Stripes Show Dissatisfaction With Distribution of Wealth
Democrats and Independents More Dissatisfied Than Republicans – By Glynn Wilson - Two out of three Americans are dissatisfied with the way income and wealth are distributed in the United States,...
View ArticleWyoming Replaces Alabama as the Most Conservative State in the U.S.
The Word ‘Liberal’ is Experiencing a Resurgence in American Life – By Glynn Wilson - Could it be that the people of my home state are finally starting to get their news online and waking up to the...
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