Although developments on the political front were certainly dispiriting, for the first time in years, the economic news was not all gloomy. But with the economy improving, there was less focus on the continuing need to address flagging incomes, rising inequality and unbalanced government spending. Below are 10 charts to […] Read more »
Learning from 2014 and Turning to 2016
Now that we are getting the second and third level dissections of Campaign 2014 from thoughtful Democratic analysts, we thought it would be a good time for a review. The starting point for the post-election discussion amounted to efforts to reassure dispirited Democrats that the 2014 election was typically unique […] Read more »
AP-Times Square poll: Feeling optimistic for 2015
Americans are closing out 2014 on an optimistic note, according to a new Associated Press-Times Square Alliance poll. Nearly half predict that 2015 will be a better year for them than 2014 was, while only 1 in 10 think it will be worse. There’s room for improvement: Americans give the […] Read more »
40 Interesting Facts about the 2014 Election
The votes have been tallied and all recounts completed. Congress even managed to adjourn sine die. That means it really is time to close the books on the 2014 election cycle. It also means that we are going to take some time off to recharge for the 2016 election. We’ll […] Read more »
2014 Post-Election Analysis
On Election Day of 2014, Republicans won a big victory. And it really was a “Wave” victory, bigger than 2010 in a lot of important ways despite the fact that you’d never know it listening to the mainstream media. Just because it was more or less expected doesn’t make it […] Read more »
Taking account of 2014
People should be accountable for what they write. As a graduate student, I spent far too many hours in a dank and darkened room with a TV set and a VCR recording evening news broadcasts. It struck me that much of what was “predicted” in those broadcasts — a military […] Read more »