Weâre at the start of a new week, and the cartoonists remain deeply into the student protests and Gov. Kristi Noem shooting her dog. But letâs start with a chart from the polling organization Civic Science. This is from the weekly newsletter by their CEO, John Dick:
âLast month, Americaâs attention to politics reached a new low. For the first time in the 9+ years weâve tracked it, more US adults follow politics ânot at all closelyâ than those who follow it âvery closely.â The stat is especially mind-boggling when itâs what many believe to be an existential-level election year.â
The percentage of Americans who say they follow politics very closely has fallen from 50+% in Q4 2020 to 26% today:
Note that the result was based on 1.1 million responses. OTOH, the survey found that “very closely” plus “somewhat closely” totaled 71%. On to cartoons, which this week, aren’t funny.
People were shocked by Trumpâs answers in Time Magazine:
Gov. Noem canât live down shooting her puppy:
Santayana said: âThose who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat itâ. University administrators should take note:
The press thinks Biden should have ended the Hamas/Israel war by now:
The Dems still own the best issue for this November:
