Index Archive

Percentage of Indian M.P.s elected in 2019 who are facing criminal charges

: 43

Percentage of those M.P.s who are being charged with murder or attempted murder

: 18

Amount a Danish parliamentary candidate paid to run an election campaign ad on a pornography website in May

: $500

Percentage fewer votes he received in that election compared with his previous run

: 75

Number of proposals in the Ontario premier’s 2019 budget that focus on making alcohol cheaper

: 3

Number of times that “beer,” “wine,” or “alcohol” is mentioned in the budget

: 52

That “climate change” is

: 17

Factor by which more migrants with criminal records are apprehended at the Canadian rather than the Mexican border

: 3

Estimated percentage of Mexican immigrants to the United States who are undocumented

: 45

Of U.S. immigrants to Mexico

: 95

Rank of Texan among U.S. accents that Americans find sexiest

: 1

Of “general American”

: 32

Portion of white Americans who lived in an almost exclusively white neighborhood in 1980

: 1/3

Who do so today

: 1/20

Percentage of Americans who say that ethnic and racial diversity is good for the country

: 57

Who say they wish their own communities were more diverse

: 24

Percentage of white U.S. men who say it’s a dangerous time for men in this country

: 37

Who say it’s a dangerous time for women

: 32

Percentage chance that a U.S. woman who is denied an abortion will be in poverty six months later

: 61

That a U.S. woman who receives an abortion will be

: 45

Minimum percentage by which doctors are less likely to order cancer screenings if the appointment is in the afternoon

: 10

Percentage change in median CEO compensation for S&P 500 companies last year

: +6.6

In median shareholder returns

: –5.8

Percentage of U.K. financial sector employees who have a parent who has worked in finance

: 41

Estimated annual cost to U.S. consumers and businesses for every job saved by the Trump Administration’s steel tariffs

: $900,000

Minimum amount the R.N.C. and the Trump campaign have spent on legal fees since the 2016 election

: $16,246,687

Minimum amount the Trump Administration has spent on golfing trips

: $106,000,000

Percentage of Americans who say they are dissatisfied with “the way things are going in the United States”

: 63

Rank of Americans among nationalities most likely to say their country is the best in the world

: 1

Factor by which more Americans died in school shootings than in combat last year

: 3

Number of service members whose names were accidentally etched into the Vietnam Veterans Memorial more than once

: 13

Number of Vietnam War survivors whose names were accidentally etched into it

: 31

Percentage decline in annual visitors to major Civil War battlefields since 1970

: 42

Average percentage by which U.S. military spouses earn less than their professional counterparts married to civilians

: 27

Percentage change in women’s math test scores in a room that is between 80° and 90° F rather than 60° and 70° F

: +27

In men’s math test scores

: –7

Percentage of U.K. residents who say they don’t leave home as often as they’d like to because of a lack of public toilets

: 20

Who say they have deliberately dehydrated themselves for this same reason

: 56

Number of the top-ten requested funeral songs in the United Kingdom that are traditional hymns

: 0

Portion of U.K. adults who say they want the music at their funeral to make people laugh

: 1/4

Harper’s Index

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