Tag Archives: demographics

Have National Politics Urbanized?

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Lee

For those of us not living in the concentrated sprawl of the coastal and Midwestern metropoli, it is often extremely perplexing how urban Democratic mayors in places like Chicago and Philadelphia can compile lengthy and embarrassing records of incompetent and … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics | Tagged Barack Obama, Chicago, cities, community outreach, congress Detroitification, Democrats, demographics, Detroit, economic policy, fiscal policy, foreign policy, infrastructure, mayors, Midwest, Obama, Philadelphia, political demography, poll, polls, popoularity., Rasmussen, Republicans, stimulus, United States, urban, urban concentration, urban renewal, urbanization | Leave a comment

Is Income Tax Becoming Too Progressive?

Posted on October 21, 2008 by ChrisB

Fewer and fewer people are paying income tax and even less will be with either candidates tax plan. I don’t think this would be such a problem if we didn’t have such high spending, growing entitlements, and if so many … Continue reading →

Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, Economics, Election 2008, taxes | Tagged Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, Barack Obama, civic tax, democracy, demographics, election, graduated rate income taxes, Greg mankiw, income, income tax, McCain, money, Obama, population, progressive, progressive taxation, tax plan, tax policy, tax shelters, taxes, treasury | Leave a comment

The Palin Democrats

Posted on September 12, 2008 by Lee

Tim Reid travels to Mount Clemens, Macomb County Michigan, to talk to white working class female voters. Macomb County should be core Democratic blue country, but it was here that Stanley Greenberg first identified the “Reagan Democrats” of the 1980s, … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008 | Tagged 1988, Democrat, demographics, election, Macomb County, McCain, Michigan, Obama, Palin, Palin Democrats, Reagan Democrats, Republican, Sarah Palin, Stanley Greenberg, The Times, Tim Reid, women | 1 Comment

NOW and Then

Posted on August 31, 2008 by Lee

Ken Davenport has a brutal piece in TWS this morning on the frankly rather embarrassing opposition of the National Organization of Women to Sarah Palin’s candidacy. It still astonishes me to no end that an organization which would be splendidly … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged democratic, Democratic Party, demographics, Kenneth G. Davenport, leftist, National Organization of Women, NOW, Palin, partisans, Sarah Palin, The Weekly Standard, TWS, women | 1 Comment

Obama’s Demographic Conquest

Posted on February 13, 2008 by Lee

photo: Talatu-Carmen Tony Harnden: “Initially, it was said just young people voted for Obama. Then it was young people and affluent white. Then it was young people, affluent whites and black people. Then it was young people, affluent whites, black … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged Asian-American, black, Catholics, demographics, Domestic Politics, female, Hillary, Hispanics, male, Maryland, Obama, Race, seniors, Tony Harben, white | 1 Comment

Fighting the Death of Germany

Posted on February 4, 2008 by Lee

75% of Germans believe that their society is hostile to children. That’s a toxic attitude to combine with an appalling 1.3 children-per-woman fertility rate. Well below the replacement rate, the country is literally dying out over time. To attack the … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged advertising, birth rate, campaign, children, death, demographics, Du bist Deutschland, fertility, Germany, Media, patriomny, population, video | Leave a comment

The Single Mother Country

Posted on January 16, 2008 by Lee

What would a war be without a baby boom(let)? Alone in the Occident, Americans continue to invest in the future with strong population growth, while Europe continues to die off faster than it reproduces. Will these new babies be the … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged babies, children, demographics, Europe, Mark Steyn, population growth, reproduction, United States | 2 Comments