Why we can blame poverty,
Washington State counties with a higher percentage of people living below the poverty line tend to vote Republican. Poverty is defined as the percentage of residents living below the poverty line, according to the 2010 US census. Conservativeness is defined […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
With the exception of Whitman County (population 44,776), the counties that voted for Mitt Romney in 2012 are less educated than those that voted for Barack Obama, as measured by the percent of citizens 25 years and over with at […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Republicans complain about taxes, but the data show that, with a few exceptions, Republican-leaning counties in Washington State take in more in state revenues than they pay in taxes. The following graph plots conservativeness (on the x axis, as measured […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(published also at the Bellevue reporter) The March 21st edition of the Bellevue Reporter has a political cartoon by Shiers, Jr. titled “Why the legislature can’t pass a transportation package….” It shows a farmer driving farm equipment on a field […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
New, alternative lyrics for Leonard Cohen’s “Democracy is coming, to the USA” (see videos below) Lyrics © Donald A. Smith It’s coming from corruption that’s profane From Grover Norquist’s government-hating brain It’s coming from the spiel That makes your head […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Prostitution for Boeing
