TheFactFile » TheFactFile | Separating Fact from Opinion

The Women’s Vote

thefactfile — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:00:09 +0000

With the primary elections coming to an end and general elections approaching, political candidates pay more attention to groups who are more likely to vote. According to the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), female adults have voted far … Continue reading →

Copyright © 2012 The Third Way, Inc.. This feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site you are looking at is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact us at TheFactFile so we can take legal action immediately.

A Discussion of the Youth Vote in 2000, 2004, 2008

thefactfile — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:16:25 +0000

In the past few weeks, there has been a lot of discussion regarding President Obama’s 2012 presidential campaign and the youth vote. It has been widely known that the young adults are less inclined to vote, but recent statistics on … Continue reading →

President Obama and the Youth Vote: 2008 compared to 2012

thefactfile — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:14:44 +0000

In 2008, President Obama swept the nation with his campaign and appealed to Americans with his slogan, “change we can believe in.” Obama’s campaign heavily affected the youth, and grassroots movements occurred throughout college campuses in America. The youth preferred … Continue reading →

Is it Possible to Insure Everyone in a For-Profit Health Insurance Market?

thefactfile — Wed, 09 May 2012 10:55:03 +0000

By Bikna Huang Over the past two days, we have been examining the Affordable Care Act in light of the impending Supreme Court decision on the individual mandate provision. Overall, the issue at hand is how to maintain a for-profit … Continue reading →

Could the Affordable Care Act survive if the individual mandate Were Eliminated?

thefactfile — Tue, 08 May 2012 10:55:03 +0000

By Bikna Huang In March 2012, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments about the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as “Obamacare.” Most of the argument was about the individual mandate provision, which bothered the states who had brought … Continue reading →

Mandates, Cost Curves and Obamacare

thefactfile — Mon, 07 May 2012 10:55:25 +0000

by Bikna Huang In March 2012, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments about the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as “Obamacare.” The argument centered on the individual mandate provision, which (once implemented in 2014) would require every person … Continue reading →

Economic Trends and Indicators in Post Recession America

thefactfile — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:55:51 +0000

By Bikna Huang Since 2001, the American economy has been in and out of recessions. In 2008, the latest and most severe economic downturn began. The economy today is objectively much better than it was in 2008 when the effects … Continue reading →

What’s Olbermann’s Beef?

thefactfile — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:26:39 +0000

As many of our readers undoubtedly know, Keith Olbermann, the self-proclaimed $10 million chandelier of Current TV, was recently fired. In the roughly two weeks since, there has been a lot of talk from both sides about breach of contract, … Continue reading →

The Cost of Education: Taking a Closer look at the numbers

thefactfile — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:55:32 +0000

In a post earlier this month, we showed how the costs of an undergraduate education have been rising rapidly over the past three decades: from approximately $2,372 a year (public institutions) and $5,470 a year (private institutions) in 1980-81, to … Continue reading →

Campaign Spending in Election 2012: Cost Per Delegate, April 6 Update

thefactfile — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:32:55 +0000

In a primary season full of twists and turns, this week brought us back once again to the era of inevitably for Mitt Romney, with a sweep of the Wisconsin, Maryland, and Washington DC primaries. As our frequent readers know, … Continue reading →