My last three posts have looked at healthcare campaign donations to freshman democratic members of congress, their ethnic/gender background, and support for medicare for all. They showed that nonwhite members who support Medicare for All received far less in donations than non white freshman who did not and white freshmen who either did or didContinue reading “The ‘Squad’, Trump’s Tweet, and Healthcare Campaign Contributions”
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A Documentary on African Americans in Johnstown
The late Dr. Bruce Williams, professor of Anthropology at the Pitt Johnstown campus or UPJ as we call it, produced a documentary called We’ll Make the Journey on the history of African Americans in Johnstown in 1992. Seventeen older African Americans in the city were interviewed. The documentary states that there were two big AfricanContinue reading “A Documentary on African Americans in Johnstown”
Why do African Americans live to be 64.8 years in Cambria County?
Last week I posted on how African Americans in Cambria County lag behind other ethnic groups in the County and behind African Americans in the state and the US in life expectancy. The numbers are summarized in the table below. Cambria County[1] Pennsylvania US Overall 75.6 78.3 78.6 Caucasian 76.1 78.9 78.5 African-American 64.8 73.4Continue reading “Why do African Americans live to be 64.8 years in Cambria County?”
Hillary Clinton Won Johnstown, PA — By 83 Votes
ward Hillary Trump Margin n % n % n % Hillary win eleventh ward 98 51.9 84 44.4 14 7.5 1 Kernville 152 60.8 91 36.4 61 24.4 1 Prospect 170 82.1 34 16.4 136 65.7 1 7th ward 343 63.4 177 32.7 166 30.7 1 17th ward-1 184 50.7 159 43.8 25 6.9 1Continue reading “Hillary Clinton Won Johnstown, PA — By 83 Votes”
Education and Race Account for Outliers in Trump’s Vote at the State and PA County Level
I’ve written about how things like education, the uninsured, and the concentration hate groups predict Trump’s % of the vote at the US state level and the county level in Pennsylvania. At the state level Washington, DC was an outlier relative to the rest of the states and at the county level Philadelphia was anContinue reading “Education and Race Account for Outliers in Trump’s Vote at the State and PA County Level”
McElwee and McDaniel Validate my Analysis on Hate Groups and Trump
Working on a data set and then posting it on this blog (or putting it in a presentation for work) takes a long time. In The Nation Magazine I read an article that must have taken a long time to put together on white voters fear of diversity and their likelihood to vote for Trump. Continue reading “McElwee and McDaniel Validate my Analysis on Hate Groups and Trump”
Bernie Sanders Lead in Iowa and NH but not SC: Inside the Numbers
CBS News 2016 Battleground Tracker: Iowa The latest CBS tracker poll for the Iowa Democratic Caucus gave Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders a 10 point lead over Hillary Clinton (43% to 33%). The poll sampled 646 registered Democratic voters and 704 Republicans for a margin of error of +/-5%. A similar poll of New Hampshire votersContinue reading “Bernie Sanders Lead in Iowa and NH but not SC: Inside the Numbers”
The Impact of the ACA (Obamacare) in Utah and Pennsylvania by Ethnicity and Race
I have just relocated to Salt Lake City, Utah for a job. I’ve decided to look at how the state differs from my former state Pennsylvania. The graph above shows the trends for both states and the US from 2006 to 2014 (the method they used to collect the data changed in 2008 which isContinue reading “The Impact of the ACA (Obamacare) in Utah and Pennsylvania by Ethnicity and Race”
Trends in the Uninsured are Flat by Race and Gender for Pennsylvania
The Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) for Pennsylvania can be broken down by gender at the state and county level and by ethnicity at the state level only. For race the trends can be seen in the table below. The trends for the three groups were similar with Hispanics having rates more than doubleContinue reading “Trends in the Uninsured are Flat by Race and Gender for Pennsylvania”