MOScout Sunday6: Electricity Demand - Trump Approval - Charter Enrollment and more…
1. Growth in charter schools is a national trend.
Source: USAFACTS.
2. New records in electricity demand. “Hot weather, which increases electricity demand for cooling, combined with an underlying trend of demand increases, pushed coincident peak demand for the Lower 48 states to a high.”
3. Data centers fueling AI are projected to keep growing energy demand.
Source: Apollo.
4. Adoption of products like ChatGPT (headed by a native Missourian) still growing exponentially.
Source: Pew Research.
5. Donald Trump’s approval ratings deteriorate, driven by erosion of Independents. His polarizing personality means despite his populist, anti-free market policies, he gets no love from Dems, and Republicans think he can do no wrong.
Source: Gallup.
6. Average income by state.
Source: Visual Capitalist.