In the midst of the hoopla over Coronavirus, the Southern Poverty Law Center has come out with its annual hate map. In 2019, they were tracking 940 hate groups which was down from 1,020 in 2018. Adjusting for the US population, there were 2.86 groups per million in 2019 which was down from 3.12 groupsContinue reading “Hate group activity down in the US but the Same in Pennsylvania”
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State Hate Group Rate Still Predicts Trump State Approval Rating
Morning Consult Map of Trump Net Approval Ratings Last week The Southern Poverty Law Center came out with its annual hate group estimates for each state. I commented on how they produced a hate map with the numbers. You can see how Trump’s net approval rating in the map above corresponds the the population adjustedContinue reading “State Hate Group Rate Still Predicts Trump State Approval Rating”
New Hate Group Estimates: Has the SPLC adopted my method?
The Southern Poverty Law Center has published it’s annual hate group estimates for each state in the US. They tracked 1,020 groups last year which is the most they’ve ever tracked. The next highest number they tracked was 1,018 in 2011. Adjusting these national numbers for population gives 3.27 groups per million in 2011 andContinue reading “New Hate Group Estimates: Has the SPLC adopted my method?”
Hate Crimes in Pennsylvania Under Reported (and other states as well)
A week after I posted my Op Ed in the Tribune Democrat on hate groups in Pennsylvania it reprinted an op ed from Pennlive.com on how hate crimes in the state are under reported. There were a total of 61 hate crimes reported to the FBI in 2016. Adjusting for population the state ranks 47th. TheContinue reading “Hate Crimes in Pennsylvania Under Reported (and other states as well)”
Evaluating a New Hate Group Measure
The Southern Poverty Law Center has come out with it’s annual census of hate groups which shows . Last week I wrote extensively on the national hate group numbers at The Hill Talk. This week I will l look at a new way of measuring the reach of these groups. The hate map for PennssylvaniaContinue reading “Evaluating a New Hate Group Measure”
A Closer look at Hate Crimes in DC, Massachusetts and Washington state: DC has more LGBT Crimes
In a recent post on The Hill Talk I looked at the latest FBI report on hate crimes reported to law enforcement. The three states reporting the highest rate of incidents (after adjusting for population) are the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, and Washington. These states with the highest rates were surprising because they are someContinue reading “A Closer look at Hate Crimes in DC, Massachusetts and Washington state: DC has more LGBT Crimes”
Hate Groups and Trump’s Vote%: Predictive effect present when education and poverty are considered
When I posted last week on the correlation between the population hate group numbers and Trump’s % of the vote, one friend on Facebook asked whether the result would hold up if third variables such as poverty and education were added to the model. The figure below shows the association from last week, I thoughtContinue reading “Hate Groups and Trump’s Vote%: Predictive effect present when education and poverty are considered”
2016 Hate Group Concentration Predicts Trump % of the Vote
This week the Southern Poverty Law Center came out with it’s hate map for 2016. They found an increase in the total number of hate groups in the US from 892 in 2015 to 917 in 2016. For the last three years I have been adjusting the hate group numbers for the population in theContinue reading “2016 Hate Group Concentration Predicts Trump % of the Vote”
Concentration of Hate Groups Predict Hate Crimes (if you consider DC) and Trump Vote (if you don’t)
Earlier this year the Southern Poverty Law Center created a map showing the concentration of hate groups in the US. I adjusted the number of groups in each state by the population in each state showing a different picture. Just after the election the FBI issued a new report that hate crimes in the USContinue reading “Concentration of Hate Groups Predict Hate Crimes (if you consider DC) and Trump Vote (if you don’t)”
My Raging Chicken Press Interview
I was interviewed on a Pennsylvania progressive podcast called Raging Chicken Press on recent posts on this blog related to the election and the concentration of hate groups in Pennsylvania and the US. The audio podcast is above and the youtube video of it can be seen below. It was conducted at a coffeeContinue reading “My Raging Chicken Press Interview”