MOScout Sunday6: Social Shifts Underway - Peak Population in MO Counties - Filibuster Rules by State - Cattle Density and more...
1-5. Going to start with a bunch of charts from Scott Galloway’s newsletter. He’s worries about the upcoming generation of men…
Source for all of these: Scott Galloway’s newsletter.
And here’s two interesting maps from Twitter’s Missouri Mapper…
6. “In 1944, Missouri voters rejected a Constitutional Amendment to create a unicameral legislature by a margin of 401,900 (52.4%) to 364,791 (47.6%). Opposition was strongest in rural areas, which feared losing influence in Jefferson City.”
Source: Twitter, Missouri Mapper.
7. “In 2020, the U.S. census recorded that Missouri had a population of 6,154,913. While this figure was the highest for the state and many counties within the state, most counties in the state reached their peak population in a previous decade.”
Source: Twitter, Missouri Mapper.
8. Fewer strikes from organized labor.
Source: Wall Street Journal.
9. State filibusters. “Rules matter, but they're not the only thing that determines the filibuster,” Caroline Joseph, RepresentUs research analyst, told Axios. States with the most similar rules to the U.S. Senate do not have significant problems with the lawmakers filibustering. On the other hand, Missouri only requires a majority to end debate — but has some of the most frequent filibusters of any state.
Source: Axios.
10.Cattle density by county, USA.
Source: Reddit.