by Hastings Wyman | Jun 27, 2018 | The Forum
The nation’s latest unemployment rate for May 2018 was 3.8%, the lowest in decades. When President Trump took office in January 2017, the jobless rate was 4.8%, a full point higher. These nationwide numbers were reflected in all but one of the state numbers in...
by Hastings Wyman | Apr 18, 2018 | The Forum
This November, Georgia Democrats are seeking to motivate the Blue Wave that swept their party to victory last year in Virginia’s gubernatorial and state House of Delegates contests, Alabama’s US Senate election, as well as other elections where, even if they...
by Hastings Wyman | Dec 20, 2017 | The Forum
Three take-aways stand out from the election of Doug Jones (D) in Alabama’s special election last week. First, the huge boost in black turnout. Second, the sharp decline in Republican votes in white suburbs. And third, what the result may mean for the 2018 elections,...
by Hastings Wyman | Sep 8, 2017 | The Forum
Last week Georgia’s political establishment, Democrats and Republicans, blacks and whites, were on hand for the historic unveiling of an 8-foot bronze statue of Martin Luther King Jr. King’s daughter Bernice King, said “Today, we as the sons and daughters of former...
by Hastings Wyman | Aug 23, 2017 | The Forum
The Democrats need a net gain of 25 seats to take control of the US House of Representatives. The 2nd Quarter Federal Election Commission (FEC) finance reports show the amount the candidate raised in the second three months of this year and the amount of...
