Author Archives: Bernie Langer

Religion and the Republican Primary

In this year’s Republican Primary, some analysts, like Nate Silver of the New York Times’s FiveThirtyEight blog, have been using states’ religious makeup to predict the winner of the state’s primaries. The thinking is, states with larger evangelical populations are … Continue reading

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Renter Occupied Homes in Powelton Village, Philadelphia

Powelton Village is a neighborhood on the end of West Philadelphia, just north of Drexel University. As architecture critic Inga Saffron writes in last week’s Philadelphia Inquirer: “Powelton Village has every reason to top the list of Philadelphia’s most desirable … Continue reading

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Oil!

“Here, if you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, that’s a straw, you see? You watching? And my straw reaches acroooooooss the room, and starts to drink your milkshake… I… … Continue reading

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PolicyMap’s Use to Non-profits Highlighted by Citi

Today, Citigroup featured an article on their blog by our own Elizabeth Nash about the need for good data among non-profit entities, and Citi is working with PolicyMap to achieve that goal. You can read the article here.

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About Census 2010 Summary File 1 Data

Many of our users have asked where they can find the Census 2010 data on PolicyMap, and we wanted to be sure to get the word out about it. Because the Census data was only made up of a few … Continue reading

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New Education Data on PolicyMap

If you want to learn about the newest data on PolicyMap, then check out the Education tab. We’ve added a significant amount of new data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), relating to elementary and secondary education in … Continue reading

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Home Sales: It Could Be Worse

We’ve recently added fourth quarter 2010 home sale data from Boxwood Means to PolicyMap. We all know that the news is grim regarding home sales, but it’s not bad everywhere. Here are the top 10 counties in the country where … Continue reading

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Autumn Colors on PolicyMap

We here at PolicyMap are optimists by nature. We always accentuate the positive, and try to disregard the negative. That outlook served us well until it came time to look at our some of our maps, which, as it happens, … Continue reading

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Immigration Data Now Updated for 2010

¡Bienvenido a los Estados Unidos! 歡迎來到美國! संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका के लिए आपका स्वागत है! Maligayang pagdating sa Estados Unidos! Click here to interact with map. You might have guessed that Mexico is the number one country of birth for legal … Continue reading

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New HUD Homelessness Data on PolicyMap

Every year, the Department of Housing and Urban Development releases its Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress (known as AHAR). This 207 page report provides “national estimates of the extent and nature of homelessness in the United States and the … Continue reading

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