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Young people worldwide aren’t getting any more negative than their parents

1 year 2 months ago
Gallup's global survey of positive and negative emotions sheds some interesting light on the proposition that smartphones are harming young people. Here are positive emotions: There's no change after 2012, when smartphones became widely used. Now here are negative emotions: Negative emotions did start to rise around 2012. However, this was a broad trend that ...continue reading "Young people worldwide aren’t getting any more negative than their parents"
Kevin Drum

Preliminary estimate shows illegal immigration way down in June

1 year 2 months ago
According to preliminary estimates from the Border Patrol, it looks like total illegal border crossings in June were down to about 84,000: This doesn't include requests for asylum, which usually amount to about 50,000 per month. Is this decline because of summer or because of President Biden's recent crackdown on border crossings? That's impossible to ...continue reading "Preliminary estimate shows illegal immigration way down in June"
Kevin Drum

Joe Biden lost about two points of support after the CNN debate

1 year 2 months ago
Here is YouGov's weekly tracking poll of the presidential race: After Joe Biden's disastrous CNN debate, he lost a grand total of two points of support. Trump gained nothing. Among independents Biden lost four points and Trump, remarkably, lost one point. Their support mostly went to RFK Jr. and Jill Stein. This suggests that Trump ...continue reading "Joe Biden lost about two points of support after the CNN debate"
Kevin Drum