Saturday, November 14, 2026
What's The Most Important Difference Between The Democratic Party & Republican Party?
This chart reflects the results of the Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between November 9th and 11th of a nationwide sample of 1,685 adults (including 1,463 registered voters), with a 3 point margin of error.
Gallup Poll: Most Want Stricter Gun Laws And Assault Weapons Banned
The charts above are from the Gallup Poll -- done between October 1st and 19th of a nationwide sample of 1,200 adults, with a 4 point margin of error.
It May Now Be Possible To End The Electoral College
It has been the dream of many Americans to abolish the Electoral College and elect presidents by the popular vote. Robert Reich says that may now be possible. Here is what he has written:
The Democrats’ wins last week included the governor’s office and both statehouse chambers in at least five states: Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Arizona. Five additional “trifectas.”
These five states could now join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. Participating states agree to give all their electoral votes to the presidential ticket that wins the national popular vote.
The agreement takes effect once it’s signed by states representing a majority of the Electoral College, or at least 270 electoral votes — the number needed to win the presidency.
So far, 18 states and the District of Columbia have adopted the compact. They represent 222 electoral votes. If just four of the five states with new Democratic trifectas join the agreement, it would tip the group over the 270-vote threshold.
Presto! The Electoral College will become irrelevant.
If you live in Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, or Arizona: Please put this on your “to-do” list for January!
Friday, November 13, 2026
New YouGov Poll Has Trump Job Approval At Record Low Of 32%
The chart above reflects the results of the Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between November 9th and 11th of a nationwide sample of 1,685 adults (including 1,463 registered voters). The margin of error is 3 points.
Most People Say This Feels Like A Turning Point In U.S. History
The chart above reflects the results of the Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between November 9th and 11th of a nationwide sample of 1,685 adults (including 1,463 registered voters), with a 3 point margin of error.
Democrats Have Regained Electoral Viability In The American South
In the lat 1960's, President Lyndon Johnson used the power he had accumulated through years of government service to get several Civil Rights laws passed. It was the right thing to do. And it was the right time to do it.
But he knew there would be political consequences. He told some other Democrats that they had probably lost the South for a generation or more. He was right.
Millions of racists abandoned the Democratic Party, and became Republicans. And since the GOP was a tiny minority in the South at the time, they were able not only to join it, but also to seize control of it. And for decades, they kept a stranglehold on the Republican Party and electoral politics across the South. It was a dark time for Democrats in the South.
But times change. One thing that has helped is that most voters in the South have never lived under a segregated system. Thanks to those Civil Rights laws, they have gone to school with nonwhites, shared transportation with nonwhites, eaten in restaurants (and clubs) with nonwhites, shared a workplace with nonwhites, and even made good friends.
Another thing that has helped is that, although their ranks were decimated, the Democrats never gave up. They continued to work, to organize, and to run candidates. They were heartbroken in election after election for decades, but they continued to work. And hard work pays off in the end.
Democrats are now once again viable in the South. One just has to look at the U.S. Senate to see that.
Virginia has two Democratic senators.
Georgia has two Democratic senators.
North Carolina has a Democratic senator.
South Carolina has a Democratic senator.
Texas has a Democratic senator. (You may not consider Texas a part of the South, but it fought for the Confederacy and imposed segregation on its citizens.)
And now, Mississippi has a Democratic senators.
And Democratic senate candidates in Louisiana and Florida came very close to winning.
In the past, the national Democratic Party has written off the South and did almost nothing to help Democrats running there. They can no longer do that.
Southern Democrats have shown that with a good candidate, enough funding, and an aggressive get out the vote effort, they can compete (and have a good chance to win).
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