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Demographic Winter - the decline of the human family

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:18:47 GMT

Clip Source: blessedamongmen.blogspot.com

"...reawaken society to the importance of the stable, intact family and engender a discussion and greater focus in the media, in academia, in the halls of policy makers, in religious circles, in the committees of civil society, and in households around the world....

In this way, we hope to avert the storm that is now most surely coming on."

If you haven't seen it already (this came out in February), watch the trailer.

Tags: demographics, population

Obama in position to steal Virginia from GOP

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:11:03 GMT

clipped by: xlorn

Clip Source: www.cnn.com

Obama in position to steal Virginia from GOP

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Virginia hasn't backed a Democrat for president in 44 years, but economic concerns and changing demographics are giving Sen. Barack Obama a chance to steal the once reliably red state from Republicans.

Polls earlier this year showed Sen. John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, leading Obama, his Democratic rival, in Virginia by a healthy margin.

A Virginia Commonwealth University poll taken May 12-18 had McCain leading 47 percent to 39 percent.

But as the financial crisis has shaken voters' confidence in the economy, Obama has begun to open a lead in the state, as he has done in other battleground states.

The latest CNN poll of polls has Obama leading McCain 49 percent to 45 percent. A CNN/TIME/Opinion Research Corporation poll conducted September 28-30 shows Obama with an even bigger lead over McCain, 53 percent to 44 percent. The CNN poll's margin of error was plus or minus 4 percentage points.

Younger Military Families Closing Ranks Around Obama

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:20:19 GMT

clipped by: dulios
clipper's remarks:

People in all branches of the service are getting tired of repeated deployments. "I think more of them will vote for Obama than McCain," said Jennings. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, deployed troops are putting their money where their mouth is: they've given four times as much money to Obama as McCain.

"Any assumption that the military vote is overwhelmingly in favor of the Republican Party -- based on demographics alone -- is suspect, at the very least," said Donald S. Inbody, a retired Navy Captain who is on the political science faculty at Texas State University.

This could result in a 1.2 to 1 advantage for Obama in military communities, according to Inbody, especially if the campaign "isn't tone deaf" to the inroads that are possible.

Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

Younger Military Families Closing Ranks Around Obama

John McCain assumes he has the military vote -- but does he?

The Military Times recently released its annual survey of subscribers, which shows McCain-Palin enjoying a commanding lead over Obama-Biden (68/23 percent). But this is not a random sample, by any stretch of the imagination. Military Times subscribers are significantly older than the active military population. Nearly half of those surveyed are retirees, and minorities are under-represented.

"Everyone I talk to wants change but on base you can't say certain things. At a bar or a party, everyone tells me they're voting for Obama," said Thomas Singleton, 27, a former military telecommunications specialist

"My military friends are tired of being lied to," said Singleton. "They're told to deploy for six months, but it ends up being a year. And when they come home, they can't find a job. One of my friends is staying in the Army only because he can't find a civilian job."

Tags: military

Quarter Of All Teens Plan To Buy An iPhone

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:53:33 GMT

clipped by: David M Ewalt
clipper's remarks: There are lots of teens who hold down part time jobs, and they don't have to deal with the same sort of economic woes as their parents. So the kid market may provide Apple with a little bit of recession-proofing.

Clip Source: apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com

Today’s economic crisis doesn’t seem to have reached the 769 high school students polled in Piper Jaffray’s 16th bi-annual survey of teenage buying patterns and preferences.

The survey, conducted at several apparently well-heeled high schools in the United States over the past few weeks — while the global financial markets were melting down — focused on MP3 players, online music and Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone.

The results, released late Tuesday, may say more about the demographics of the population Piper Jaffray is testing than the buying power of most U.S. teenagers, but they will be music to Steve Jobs’s ears.

According to senior research analyst Gene Munster, who directed the study:

8% own iPhones, up from from 6% in Spring 2008.

22% of students surveyed expect to buy an iPhone in the next 6 months, up from 9% in Spring 2008.

Of students expecting to buy a mobile phone, 33% specified an iPhone.

Of the 40% of students who legally purchase music online, 93% said they use iTunes

Tags: apple, iphone, itunes, teenagers

" I am Joe Six-Pack. I am not who they think that they are talking to. Are you?"

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:31:19 GMT

clipped by: Lexica
clipper's remarks: More:

Joe is the guy I worked with who served in Vietnam, worked construction, had four kids, thought Portland micro-brews were for hippies and weirdos -- and told me one day about having to change churches, because "our pastor spends all his time talking about how bad the gays are, and I go to church for God, and I really don't think God cares who you sleep with or who you marry." Oh, and he went back to school at 45 to get a degree in architecture, so I guess he won't be Joe Six-Pack soon. His income will put him into that Better Class of People y'all think you're part of.

Joe is a writer or an actor or an artist who waits tables, pumps gas, shelves books, does landscaping, delivers pizza, scrubs toilets, and otherwise works his or her ass off all day or night to pay the mortgage so they can continue to write or act or make art.

Clip Source: copperwise.livejournal.com

Sarah Palin et al like to call us "Joe Six-Pack," and they think we like it too. They think it sounds folksy and homey and cute.

Sure. It's a folksy, homey, cute way to euphemistically call us something very close to trashy, ignorant hillbillies. We're just not supposed to be smart enough to realize it.

So, Governor Palin et al, let me tell you who the Joe Six-Pack that you think you're talking to really is.

Joe Six-Pack isn't who you think he/she is. You don't have a fucking clue about Joe Six-Pack.

I wish I were only talking to one camp. But I'm talking to my own, too. We "liberal elitists." Because we say the same kind of things when talking about "the average American." We assume we know them, and they are the same people Palin knows.

But honestly, I know for a fact, pretty much everyone I know who will read this is, statistically, demographically, Joe Six-Pack.

Are we the Joe Six-Pack they think they know?

Tags: culture, politics, people, demographics

America's Demographics

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:53:43 GMT

clipped by: skwirlinator

Clip Source: www.visualizingeconomics.com

Tags: ethnics, demographics, america

The Atlas of the Real World

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:51:52 GMT

clipped by: akipta

Clip Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

The Atlas of the Real World uses software to depict the nations of the world, not by their physical size, but by their demographic importance on a range of subjects. Here, we select a series of travel- and news-related maps.

Tags: atlas mapping visualization demographics

McCain Gained With Key Demographics in Friday's Debate

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:34:53 GMT

clipped by: slappywhyte
clipper's remarks: Grumpy Grannies, Old Coots, Neighbors from American Beauty, etc

Clip Source: megasizzle.com

McCain Successfully Locked Up The Key “Old Coot” Vote on Friday

Our MegaSizzle Proprietary Debate Analysis Software, which analyzes speech patterns, content and body language — indicates that John McCain strengthened his appeal in Friday’s Presidential Debate with these following key demographics:

Old Coots

Grumpy Grannies

People Who Avoid Eye Contact

Dads from “The Great Santini”

Neighbors from “American Beauty”

For other MegaSizzle political stuff click here.

Your relentless pal,

Slappy Whyte

Tags: mccain, john mccain, obama, 2008 election, debate, sarah palin

Top 10 Boomer Myths: Separating Fact from Fiction

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:36:15 GMT

clipped by: mrobert
clipper's remarks: Some things to pay attention to if you are in business.

Clip Source: www.marketingvox.com

Myth #3 - Boomers are technologically challenged

Boomers were in the workforce during the evolution of computers, email and the internet, and were the first to understand the value of technology. 82 percent of Boomers use the 'net and 64 percent have been online. Online activities include instant messaging, downloading music or movies, financial transactions and online gaming.

Myth #7 - You can capture Boomers with mainstream advertising

Boomers pay attention to advertising, but they do not always like what they see. 66 percent say ads have gotten more crude in recent years; another 67 percent are less likely to purchase a product if they find the advertising offensive. 23 percent consider ads geared toward their age group insulting.

Tags: boomers, advertising, demographics

Boomer Demographics: Things Retailers Must Know

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:26:37 GMT

clipped by: mrobert
clipper's remarks: Breaking down 78 million Americans into two groups is still a pretty broad expanse. Think they should go more in depth - at least to my way of thinking, being one of those 'boomer'.

Clip Source: www.marketingvox.com

Though members of the Baby-Boom generation are often lumped into a homogenous group by marketers, new research from STORES, the Boomer Project and BIGresearch uncovers differences among them that have important implications for retailers, STORES writes (via MarketingCharts).

As a cohort, the 78 million Americans born between 1946 and 1964 spend an estimated $2.3 trillion each year on consumer goods and services.

An economic force to reckon with, Boomers lead differing lifestyles and are in different life stages; they also have diverse buying behaviors and varied political agendas.

Tags: boomers, retail, advertising, demographics

Banking on Becoming President

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:36:36 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: Information on Politicians and their Elections

Presidential

* List All Candidates
* Search Donors
* Candidate Comparison
o Contributors
o States
o Sectors
o Industries
o Quality of Disclosure
o Source of Funds
* Money Web
* Industries
o Sector Totals
o Selected Sectors
o Selected Industries
* State/Metro Funding
* Donor Demographics
o Contribution Size
o Gender
* Expenditures
* Fundraising Over Time
* Bundlers
o John McCain
o Barack Obama
* Fundraising By Party
* Money Primary
* News & Analysis
* Election Totals 1976-2008
* Primary Calendar
* Previous Elections

Clip Source: www.opensecrets.org

For the first time ever in U.S. history, the candidates for president have raised more than $1 billion. To find out where all this money is coming from, click on the candidates' names below and explore the options to the left. The candidates now file campaign finance reports monthly. The reports for August are due September 20th.

Current Candidates


Bob Barr Libertarian	John McCain Republican	Cynthia McKinney Green	Ralph Nader Independent	Barack Obama Democrat

Other Candidates Who Have Competed in the 2008 Presidential Race

Tags: presidential candidates, campaign funding

Palin and Women

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:37:36 GMT

clipped by: lp97702
clipper's remarks: I like this site. The entire item is great. She's had an impact with women with children.

Clip Source: www.fivethirtyeight.com

The Mommy Quotient

The ABC News finding that Sarah Palin dramatically upped John McCain's support among white women is one I'm not entirely convinced by, mostly because other polling by the same agency shows Sarah Palin performing worse among women than she does among men. One needs to remember that the margins of error are much higher for subsamples of the data than for the poll as a whole. That's why I generally don't spend a lot of time focusing on the demographics in individual polls. If a poll is breaking out six or eight different demographic groups, and the margins of error on these subsamples are 6 or 8 or 10 or 12 points, then odds are that something is going to be out of alignment merely due to chance alone.

Tags: palin, women

St Paul the past; Denver the future of political demographics

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:20:11 GMT

clipped by: masbury
clipper's remarks: RNC relies on shrinking demographic groups - growing whiter and older. Dem support comes from fastest growing demographic groups.

Clip Source: tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com

As I surveyed the crowd, I had an overriding thought: 'This place is really white.'

At Invesco, I was surrounded by blacks, Hispanics, Asian-Americans and whites; young and old; male and female; gays and straights

in St. Paul. The crowd consisted of middle-aged white men and middle-aged white women

Apparently my eyes don't lie. At the DNC, 34 percent of the delegates were black or Hispanic. At the RNC, 93% of delegates are white, 5% Hispanic and only 1.5% African-American - in fact, it is the lowest black delegate representation at a Republican convention in 40 years.

Obama is capturing

his support comes from the part of the population that is fastest growing

McCain's support comes largely from white voters and in particular older Americans

not to say that John McCain will necessarily lose

But having stood on the floor of both convention halls this past week, it seems quite clear that Denver represents the future of American politics - and St. Paul is the past.

Tags: politics, race

Breaking: McCain beats Obama by 500,000

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:04:13 GMT

clipped by: ratilfar
clipper's remarks: Congratulations John on your ratings success. Now can you tell me what is it that your going to do, you know if your President?

Clip Source: www.thrfeed.com

The Republican nominee beat Democratic challenger Barack Obama's record-setting convention speech viewership by 500,000.

McCain's address at the Republican National Convention on Thursday night was seen by about 38.9 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research. Obama received 38.4 million.

That means McCain's speech is now the most-watched in convention history -- 41% higher than President Bush's acceptance speech four years ago, and 1% higher than Obama's address last week.

Looking at the speech's audience demographics, McCain drew significantly more male viewers than Obama (16.2 million). McCain also drew more white viewers (32.2 million), while Obama was seen by more African Americans.

Also, with interest in his running mate Sarah Palin spiking viewership for the RNC on Wednesday, the convention was able to gain some significant momentum after losing its first night to Hurricane Gustav coverage. McCain received 5% more viewers than his running mate.

Tags: john mccain, gop, ratings, obama, tv, viewers

In Women: Orgasmic Ability Connected To Walk

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:22:40 GMT

clipped by: hitchhiker08
clipper's remarks: Now, don't be 'swayed' by this bit of news! I think the demographics are too small...

Clip Source: www.physorg.com

Gait may be associated with orgasmic ability

A new study found that trained sexologists could infer a woman's history of vaginal orgasm by observing the way she walks. The study is published in the September 2008 issue of The Journal of Sexual Medicine, the official journal of the International Society for Sexual Medicine and the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health.

The results showed that the appropriately trained sexologists were able to correctly infer vaginal orgasm through watching the way the women walked over 80 percent of the time. Further analysis revealed that the sum of stride length and vertebral rotation was greater for the vaginally orgasmic women. "This could reflect the free, unblocked energetic flow from the legs through the pelvis to the spine," the authors note.

The study provides some support for assumptions of a link between muscle blocks and sexual function, according to the authors.

Tags: research, women, sex, orgasm, sexology