Our latest quarterly report on various statistical indicators of how the country is faring as the midterms loom.
Trump’s Numbers, October 2026 Update
Issues: Household Income
Biden’s Final Numbers
Statistical indicators of President Biden’s four years in office.
Unraveling the Big Beautiful Bill Spin
As the Republican budget bill, called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, nears the July 4 deadline set by the White House, lawmakers have been ramping up the rhetoric. We referee the claims from both sides.
Biden’s Numbers, 2024 Pre-Election Update
Our latest quarterly report on various statistical indicators comes less than three weeks before Election Day.
Trump’s Final Numbers
Statistical indicators of President Trump’s four years in office.
Trump’s Numbers, Preelection Update
What the statistics tell us about the president’s time in office.
Trump’s Numbers April 2020 Update
Statistical measures of how things have changed during Trump’s time in office.
Trump’s Numbers January 2020 Update
Statistical measures of how things have changed during Trump’s first three years.
Trump’s Shaky $5,000 Boast
President Donald Trump is on shaky ground when he claims that annual income for the typical household is up by an inflation-adjusted $5,000 since he took office. That turns out to be based on an erratic series of estimates drawn from a government survey that isn’t even designed to measure income.
Trump’s Numbers October 2019 Update
Statistical measures of how things have changed since the president took office.