But in the last few years, the GOP vote has underperformed the polling average, and explicitly Trump backed candidates have underperformed that. So I think we are in a different phase. ETA: I'm by no… (View Post)

I suspect what we are seeing is a "bottoming out" - so a trend towards a minimum everywhere, which is necessarily going to reduce the relative differences. (View Post)

It feels like that time of day when everyone needs a snack and a little nap. (View Post)

Quite. There are two separate things going on - the personal, human travails, and then the wider impact. On a personal level, I wish them all the very best with their health in what must be very diff… (View Post)

There was a time not that long ago when touring was a loss-leader for album sales which actually made the money. Now we are back to the situation pre-80s when touring is the only way for artists to m… (View Post)