45 million people in the United States owe $1.7 trillion in education loans. [WP 4/9/21]
44% of U.S. adults think it is appropriate for professional athletes to kneel during the national anthem to bring attention to racial injustice. 54% think it is inappropriate.
| Appropriate | Not appropriate | |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 44% | 54% |
| White | 32% | 67% |
| Black | 82% | 14% |
| Hispanic | 59% | 38% |
| Asian | 57% | 42% |
| Republican | 10% | 89% |
| Democrat | 74% | 25% |
| Independent | 48% | 51% |
[Axios AM 3/20/21]
295,052,679: Total votes cast in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections.
284,323,422: Total votes cast Trump/Clinton-Biden in 2016/2020 elections.
136,669,276: Total votes cast in the 2016 presidential election.
158,383,403: Total votes cast in the 2020 presidential election.
137,200,984: Total votes cast for Trump in the 2016/2020 elections.
147,122,438: Total votes cast for Clinton/Biden in the 2016/2020 elections.
122,071: A change in this number of votes between the two elections and the results would have been different.
78,379: A change in this number of votes in 2016 and Donald Trump would not have been president.
43,692: A change in this number of votes in 2020 and Trump would have been re-elected.
[Doug Sosnik, Wikipedia]
“Do the benefits of doing away with the filibuster, immediate and obvious as they are, outweigh the risks of what a different majority would do down the road? That should be a sobering concern for anyone pressing for its abolition, because a return to complete GOP control is a matter of only a few seats, and the damage that Republicans could do would be immense.” [Ruth Marcus WP 3/19/21]