Thursday, March 26, 2020

Numbers.

By Sniffles

We cats are really good in English, but with the economic numbers that have come out today, it's math that's catching our attention tonight. Try these on for size.

Benedict Donald won the Electoral College in 2016 with an alleged margin of approximately 80,000 votes in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. Right now, the US has 83,329 cases of coronavirus.

Hillary Clinton beat Trump by approximately three million votes. In one week — this week — Trump's lack of response to the coronavirus pandemic has cost 3.2 million Americans their jobs.

Here are this week's new claims for unemployment compensation for the following states — and Trump's 2016 margin of victory in each one:
  • Michigan — 129,000 claims / 11,000 votes
  • Ohio — 188,000 claims / 450,000 votes
  • Pennsylvania — 379,000 claims / 45,000 votes
  • Wisconsin — 51,000 claims / 23,000 votes
How mad are each of those people going to be come November? We cats switch our tails, and wait.

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