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Obama's edge in social media was crucial to the election outcome. According to a study by the Pew Internet and American Life project, 35 percent of Americans relied on online video for election news. Ten percent of Americans used social networking sites to learn about the election. [128] The 2008 election showed huge increases in Internet use.
Unemployment originally rose from 4.2 percent in January 2001 to 6.3 percent in June 2003, but subsequently dropped to 4.5 percent in July 2007. [111] Adjusted for inflation, median household income dropped by $1,175 between 2000 and 2007, [ 112 ] while Professor Ken Homa of Georgetown University noted that "Median real after-tax household ...
[309] [note 1] [310] In 2020, 58 percent of U.S. voters lived in landslide counties, [311] a decline from 61 percent in 2016. [312] Trump became the 11th incumbent in the country's history, and the first since 1992, to lose a bid for a second term. Biden's 51.3% of the popular vote was the highest for a challenger to an incumbent president ...
His philanthropic activity towards the local population and soldiers made him favorable in eyes of the local government, which bestowed upon him honors equal to a military rank in civilian status. During a cholera epidemic in 1855, Rozin undertook paycuts and provided free services and alcohol to citizens.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Demographics of the State of Palestine Population pyramid of the State of Palestine in 2020 Population 1,997,328 (Gaza Strip – 2022 est.) 3,000,021 (West Bank – 2022 est.) Growth rate 2.02% (Gaza Strip – 2022 est.) 1.69% (West Bank – 2022 est.) Birth rate 27.67 births/1,000 population (Gaza ...
From 2007 to 2010 total income going to the bottom 99 percent of Americans declined by 11.6%, while the top 1% fell by 36.3%. In 2014 Saez and Gabriel Zucman reported that more than half of those in the top 1 percent had not experienced relative gains in wealth between 1960 and 2012. In fact, those between the top 1% and top .5% had lost ...
Percent possible sunshine: 53 55 56 56 61 69 73 70 64 61 47 45 60 ... 46 (8) 40 (4) 24 (−4) 11 (−12) −10 (−23) ... 36.7 (2.6) 48.9 (9.4) 60.5 (15.8) 70.7 (21. ...
World percentage of Muslims by country [needs update] As of 2020, about 24% of the global population, or about 1.9 billion people, are Muslims. [ 7 ] [ 10 ] [ 288 ] [ 289 ] [ 290 ] In 1900, this estimate was 12.3%, [ 291 ] in 1990 it was 19.9% [ 256 ] and projections suggest the proportion will be 29.7% by 2050. [ 292 ]