Georgia’s voters handed control of the U.S. Senate to Democrats on Jan. 5 by flipping its two Senate seats in the runoff elections. The runoff election results are historic and bear significant implications for what a Biden administration can achieve. So, who among Georgia’s electorate turned out to vote on Jan. 5 to deliver such significant wins?
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As of this morning (12/23/2020), the CDC is reporting that there have been 9,465,725 doses of COVID-19 vaccine distributed with 1,008,025 doses administered to individuals. Assuming that these reports apply to the 50 U.S. states this is equivalent to 1 dose distributed for every 35 Americans, and 1 dose administered for every 326 Americans.
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Between a global pandemic, racial unrest, natural disasters and a contested election, 2020 has, in many ways, been a dismal year. However, some good things did come out of this year. During this season of thankfulness and gratitude, we at the APM Research Lab thought we would highlight some bright spots of 2020.
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COVID-19 mortality rates are higher for nearly every community of color in nearly every state, as thoroughly documented in our Color of Coronavirus project. With the advent of COVID-19 vaccines, the question has become: how likely are different racial and ethnic groups to get vaccinated?
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How did the 2020 Presidential political polls do in estimating votes for Biden and Trump? Here's an preliminary analysis of what went wrong and right with polls. Most polls accurately reflected the outcomes, even if the margin between the candidates was over-estimated. Polling in some states was better than in others. The polls generally did a better job estimating support for Biden than Trump.
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Water is essential for almost every dimension of farming and raising livestock, from determining when to plant and harvest to irrigating and fertilizing crops throughout the growing season. So it’s not surprising that farmers are often more knowledgeable and action-oriented when it comes to water resources than the broader public, according to two national surveys.
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More than 90% American adults say it is important that children learn how to identify false information on the internet, including 79% who say it is “very important.” Similarly strong majorities indicate that children should learn about mental health, how the U.S. economy works, and how to protect water resources.
These are the results of a nationally representative survey we recently did with the Water Main called, Water + Us: How we think, feel, and take action on water.
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In the last 20 years, has the proportion of the world population that is living in extreme poverty (a) almost doubled, (b) remained more or less the same, or (c) almost halved? This is one of the questions in a brief quiz that opens Factfulness, a best-selling book authored by perhaps the most enthusiastic and engaging apostle of data to ever grace a TED talk stage. I have long been a fan of Hans Rosling’s presentations, so I thought a review the book he left us prior to recently passing away would be a good way to start the year.
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Democrats took the U.S. House in this fall’s elections, and women made historic gains. But who sent them there? Now that the election results are finally in, here is what the data from our Representing US project are telling us.
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