Archive for the 'Politics' Category
Election 2004 Results
Thursday, November 4th, 2004Election 2004 Results: a county-by-county view similar to the Purple Haze map.
Kerry Won…
Thursday, November 4th, 2004Greg Palast: Kerry Won… Here are the facts.
Purple Haze
Thursday, November 4th, 2004Boing Boing: Purple Haze
How Bush Won
Thursday, November 4th, 2004Kottke describes how Bush won the election.
Election Statistics
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2004In Ohio, Kerry won among young adults, but lost in every other age group. One-fourth of Ohio voters identified themselves as born-again Christians and they backed Bush by a 3-to-1 margin. A sideline issue in the national presidential campaign, gay civil unions may have been a sleeper that hurt Kerry – who strongly supports that [...]
Canada?
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2004Some more humor to keep this from getting to dramatic: Taken from “Mena Trott”:http://mena.typepad.com/dollarshort/2004/11/canada_20.html
Young Voters
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2004Let me share some snippets from a MPR article on young voter turnout in Minnesota: Unofficial counts suggest students turned out in significant numbers. The University of Minnesota Minneapolis campus had record turnout, 65 percent higher than in 2000. Overall in 2000, almost 400,000 18-29 year olds voted in Minnesota. [...] The man in charge [...]
A Country Divided
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2004There is a divide in this country today, miles wide and fathoms deep. It has cleaved our great nation, and has only grown — and will only continue to grow. But it’s not a left/right split, or Democrat/Republican one. It’s lunatic/non-lunatic. Our culture has been swept along in a tide of emotionally-resonant, steadfastly anti-rational entertainment, [...]
Daschle Out
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2004Daschle (Senate Minority Leader) is defeated — seems dumb to not reelect somebody who can get your state whatever it needs. More coverage from MPR.
Electing to Leave
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2004Electing to Leave: a guide to expatriating.