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James Buchanan by a three:two ratio over ex-President Millard Fillmore of the Know-Nothing Party.  It doesn't seem that John C. Fremont (much like Abraham Lincoln in 1860) was even on the ballot in Virginia.  

Lincoln was actually on the ballot in Virginia in 1860

And apparently so was John C. Fremont in 1856.  They were such non-factors that I completely overlooked the fact that (legally speaking) Virginia and other slave states couldn't just eliminate those candidates from their ballots, though electoral results make it seem that they did.  

Do doctors who use at least local anesthesia for newborn circumcision tend to lean more Democratic or Republican than ones who don’t use any anesthesia? I haven’t seen any statistics on this, but I bet doctors who use anesthesia for newborn circumcision almost certainly lean more Democratic than doctors who don’t.

Woohoo another poll showing junior pulls more from Trump!

https://www.nikkan-gendai.com/articles/view/news/340281

LDP could choke a 4th consecutive by-election: this time for the Shizuoka governorship.

It's not a 303 map anymore??

Just shows that people have zero understanding of macroeconomics.

If Trumps wins, liberals saying sh**t like this will be a big part of the reason why.

^^^. But keep insulting the intelligence of non-Biden voters, BlueSwan. Surely none of us are Economics or Finance professionals or grad students. We’re all just dumb, stupid hillbillies; just like 2016.

This would be relevant if I suggested that the democrats messaging should focus on telling voters that they are stupid if they don't understand macro economics.

I doubt a lot of low propensity voters are browsing Atlas forums.

A lot of comments in this thread have been focused on flood/hurricane-prone Florida and wildfire/earthquake-prone California.  I would point out that the article in the OP is talking about insurers pulling out of previously profitable states like Iowa and Wisconsin.

80% of homeowner insurance fraud comes from Florida. It’s one reason why Florida is mentioned so much, besides the fact how low lying a lot of the state is.

Started watching Curb Your Enthusiasm, and I don't know if it changes in later seasons, but everyone is just mean to Larry David for no reason (or at least for massively overblown reasons). It makes it tough to watch, and not in the kind of cringe way I expected. I just feel bad for the guy. I'd say somebody should give him a hug except he'd probably catch a whiff of that person's BO and make a face or something which would offend them even though they're the one who should have put on deodorant and I'm sure you can all picture how this would go.

James Buchanan by a three:two ratio over ex-President Millard Fillmore of the Know-Nothing Party.  It doesn't seem that John C. Fremont (much like Abraham Lincoln in 1860) was even on the ballot in Virginia.  

Lincoln was actually on the ballot in Virginia in 1860

You can't discount economic effects. Auto insurers past few years have been getting killed to the point it was a drag on official government statistics, and the reasons there were a combination of higher labor costs, shortage of shops, parts are more expensive, more complicated cars, and having to deal with more lawyers in accidents. Home insurers would be affected by all those.

This is a thread about home ownership insurance, not car insurance. But thanks for playing.

Car insurance is also up a lot, to the point that it's getting discussed as an important driver of some of the more recent inflation numbers. It's been in the financial news for a while and NYT ran an article on it yesterday. Silver lining is that one of the recent inflation drivers isn't something fundamental, just a delayed response to events that we are many months past.

Car insurance isn't going up due to global warming. At least a no direct fashion I'm aware of, like the way increased weather operations are making home insurance increasingly unprofitable.