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Thompson share of Iowa Caucus votes

On January 4, 2008 By admin

Of the record number of votes (nearly 350, 600) cast in yesterday’s caucuses, Republicans share was a little over 28%, i.e., more than 116,000. That is still just 20% of the all those who are registered as Republicans. And they have managed to change the direction of the GOP nomination by voting in record numbers [...]

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Clinton share of Iowa caucus vote by county

On January 4, 2008 By admin

Of the record number of votes (nearly 350,600) cast in yesterday’s caucuses, Democrats share was a little over 71%, i.e., more than 250,000. That is nearly 38% of the total registered Democrats. Iowa also have very large number of Independents and many of who may have voted for one of the Democratic candidates. Clinton with [...]

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Edwards share of Iowa caucus vote by county

On January 4, 2008 By admin

Of the record number of votes (nearly 350, 600) cast in yesterday’s caucuses, Democrats share was a little over 71%, i.e., more than 250,000. That is nearly 38% of the total registered Democrats. Iowa also have very large number of Independents and many of who may have voted for one of the Democratic candidates. Edwards [...]

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Obama share of Iowa caucus vote by county

On January 4, 2008 By admin

Of the record number of votes (nearly 350, 600) cast in yesterday’s caucuses, Democrats share was a little over 71%, i.e., more than 250,000. That is nearly 38% of the total registered Democrats. Iowa also have very large number of Independents and many of who may have voted for one of the Democratic candidates. And [...]

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Likely Caucus-goers by voting-districts in Iowa

On January 1, 2008 By admin

Iowa caucuses are just three days away and even with near constant media coverage; huge amount of personal time and campaign money spent by candidates from either party, its not yet clear who may win the Iowa Caucuses. Nearly all the recent polls put the top three democratic candidates in a virtual tie while [...]

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Obama campaign spending: Jan-Sep, 2007

On December 4, 2007 By admin

Obama campaign has spent well over $44.5 million in the first nine months of 2007 in over 600 cities and 1200 zipcode areas across the lower 48 states. The top five states account for nearly 64% of the money spent. These are:
1. IL $11.9 million
2. MA $3.9 million
3. PA [...]

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1= 100: the strange equation from the Annals of Crack Cocaine Sentencing!

On November 13, 2007 By admin

1 = 100?
It is according to the Drug Quantity Table, where 1 gram of crack cocaine equals 100 grams of powder cocaine; part of the drug equivalency formulae born out of the 80s overblown media hype and of mandatory minimum sentencing law passed by the Congress in 1986. Although prison sentence [...]

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The state of Labor Unions

On September 2, 2007 By admin

It’s almost 125 years ago that the first workingmen’s holiday was celebrated (Tuesday, September 5, 1882) in New York. Over the next dozen years nearly 27 states recognized this holiday and in 1894, the U.S. Congress enacted it as a Federal holiday.

Among many things, the holiday has come to symbolize [...]

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Forget celebrities with drug problem – this may be more serious…

On July 26, 2007 By admin

Imagine a situation where as many as 25 million people in the US could go to jail for possession of illegal substance.
On average 10% of U.S. population of age 12 and above smokes pot. If these many people were affected by an infectious disease such a West Nile or Avian [...]

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Heat maps of individual donor contributions to Clinton, Obama, Giuliani and Romney: 2nd quarter, 2007

On July 19, 2007 By admin

The maps below show individual donor contributions by zipcode areas to leading presidential candidates. The data for the maps are derived from the quarterly finance reports filed on July 15, 2007 with Federdal Election Commission (FEC).

Pan and zoom in to investigate the patterns of contributions at subregional levels in each [...]

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