BREAKING—States with Dem Govs 15% better employment numbers

[kpete]

SUN FEB 05, 2012 AT 12:36 PM PST
Breaking: States with Democratic Govs had 15% better unemployment numbers than states with GOP Govs
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BREAKING—States with Dem Govs 15% better employment numbers



Virginia Republican Governor Bob McDonnell claims that the improved numbers on the economy are a result of their policies. NOT SO! A quick back-of-the-envelope calculation shows states with Democratic Governors performed 15% better on the latest unemployment per capita than states with GOP Governors. The analysis took maybe 20 minutes elapsed time. Doesn’t Governor McDonnell have any staff?

You can check it yourself! The data for week ending January 28th is at the Department of Labor at this link: http://www.dol.gov/...
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ui/current.htm

Plug those numbers into a spreadsheet. Next, add the list of Governors and their party affiliation. Then sort by GOP or Democrat. Now put in the state population. My results: GOP new claims -50,818 and the total population of those states 133,760,000. Democratic new unemployment claims -47,561 and the total population is 109,102,000. So per capita new claims for GOP Governor states is a reduction of 0.0380%, while per capita new claims for Democratic Governor states is a reduction of 0.0436%, a 15% better performance.

The numbers in the announcement are for 27 states with 79% of the US population. The remaining states had less than a thousand difference in new claims.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/05/1062036/-Breaking:-States-with-Democratic-Govs-had-15-better-unemployment-numbers-than-states-with-GOP-Govs?via=siderec

[BumRushDaShow]

1. K&R

considering that 6 of the top 10 states with the highest poverty rates are headed by the GOP.

[ProSense]

2. Facts

have a liberal bias.

VA Governor McDonnell gives credit for economic recovery to GOP Governors; facts disagree
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002269970

[onehandle]

3. This is the kind of thing I would broadcast 24/7 if I had a SuperPAC.

Hey Oprah, When are you going to get 'political' again.

Only bet on sure things?

[LiberalFighter]

4. Get this out to everyrone.

Use twitter and get it out that way too.

What I don't understand is when sites have twitter buttons and they have more than 140 characters.

[LiberalEsto]

5. awesome!

[Firebrand Gary]

6. K&R

So it is true. Republicans are targeting the economy and jobs in hopes to deny the President reelection. How American.

[Dawson Leery]

7. K/R

[Louisiana1976]

8. K&R

[think]

9. Repubs make up their own facts I guess...

[SmellyFeet]

10. I'm sure she already knows, but these are the kind of facts Maddow likes.

[Iliyah]

11. Y'know

typical goppers take credit when it's not theirs and will inflate = LIE to make it seem like its is them who are helping the ecomony although obstructionism has got to be their middle name.

Will corporate media speak about this? HELL NO.

[Fuzz]

12. All that shows is that Obama is ignoring Republican governors and sending all the fed's

money to democrat governors.


Rush Limbaugh later today or tomorrow, whenever his hangover from the SB wears off.

[GOTV]

13. Why don't you publish a google doc with this info?

[AtomicKitten]

14. Blocked dailykos link. FYI.

[abowsh]

15. I'm wondering why it was taken down

[tpsbmam]

16. I got the same, even though I'm a registered user it said this:

ERROR!

The error was:
You do not have permission to view this diary.

[Motown_Johnny]

17. Well that took almost an entire day

who had "1" in the pool?



Everyone?!?!? OK, never mind then.

[HughBeaumont]

18. Isn't makin' shit up with no media that will call you on it GREAT??? WHOOOOO!!

Hell, CNBC doesn't even have to make shit up. They don't even have to report stories. They just get someone like Mary Failin (R-Oklahoma) on there to tell them how she's going to cut taxes again and that will spur economic growth. Never mind her state just had an increase in unemployment claims . . . just so long as she can spray the propaganda, that's fine with them.