{"id":18726,"date":"2016-01-03T06:59:03","date_gmt":"2016-01-03T14:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=18726"},"modified":"2016-01-03T14:40:48","modified_gmt":"2016-01-03T22:40:48","slug":"monthly-report-december-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/01\/03\/monthly-report-december-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Report &#8212; December 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Well here we are in January 2016. &nbsp;A new year and new possibilities, but let&#39;s make sure that there are no Republican possibilities!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PP-stats-dec.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18744\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"PP stats dec\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18744\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PP-stats-dec-300x167.jpg\" width=\"647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PP-stats-dec-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PP-stats-dec-768x428.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PP-stats-dec-1024x571.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PP-stats-dec.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ECECEC\" width=\"80\">Month<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FF9933\" width=\"80\">Unique visitors<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#F3F300\" width=\"80\">Number of visits<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#4477DD\" width=\"80\">Pages<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#66F0FF\" width=\"80\">Hits<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#339944\" width=\"80\">Bandwidth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jan 2016<\/td>\n<td>663<\/td>\n<td>1,106<\/td>\n<td>4,092<\/td>\n<td>10,859<\/td>\n<td>201.70 MB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Feb 2016<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mar 2016<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Apr 2016<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>May 2016<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jun 2016<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jul 2016<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Aug 2016<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sep 2016<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Oct 2016<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nov 2016<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dec 2016<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ECECEC\">Total<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ECECEC\">663<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ECECEC\">1,106<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ECECEC\">4,092<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ECECEC\">10,859<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ECECEC\">201.70 MB<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">It is not as neaty and tidy as TomCat&#39;s, but thanks to the Puddy Tat, the graph is no longer the size of a postage stamp. &nbsp;The numbers definitely went up in November&nbsp;with December trailing off a bit which is likely due to preparations for the holiday season. &nbsp;I hope TomCat will comment on the direction of the stats. &nbsp;Be prepared for more activity as the elections grow closer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Data from December 2015:<\/font><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" valign=\"top\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"123\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Reported period<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"129\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Month Dec 2015<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"122\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"117\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"119\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"123\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>First visit<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"129\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">01 Dec 2015 &ndash; 00:00<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"122\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"117\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"119\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"123\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Last visit<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"129\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">31 Dec 2015 &ndash; 23:59<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"122\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"117\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"119\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"123\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"129\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Unique visitors<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"122\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Number of visits<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"117\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Pages<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Hits<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"119\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Bandwidth<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"123\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Viewed traffic *<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"129\">\n<p><strong>10,694<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"122\">\n<p><b>31,929<\/b><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t(2.98&nbsp;visits\/visitor)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"117\">\n<p><b>117,395<\/b><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t(3.67&nbsp;Pages\/Visit)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">\n<p><b>321,420<\/b><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t(10.06&nbsp;Hits\/Visit)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"119\">\n<p><b>5.72 GB<\/b><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t(187.76&nbsp;KB\/Visit)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"123\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Not viewed traffic *<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"129\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"122\">\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"117\">\n<p><b>461,461<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">\n<p><b>527,192<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"119\">\n<p><b>8.78 GB<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Here is our latest demographic data from&nbsp;<\/font><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quantcast.com\/politicsplus.org\" target=\"_blank\">Quantcast<\/a><font color=\"#0000ff\">:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/pp-demographics-dec-2015.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18748\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"pp demographics dec 2015\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18748\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/pp-demographics-dec-2015-300x251.png\" width=\"717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/pp-demographics-dec-2015-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/pp-demographics-dec-2015-768x644.png 768w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/pp-demographics-dec-2015.png 822w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Here are our top non-blog\/news referrers:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.care2.com\/news\/member\/527046926?sort=submitted\" target=\"_blank\">Care2<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<strong>3,125<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Search Engine Home Page [new window]\">Google<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<strong>1,781<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Stumbleupon home page [new window]\">Stumbleupon<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>226<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Search Engine Home Page [new window]\">Google (Images)<\/a>&nbsp; <strong>138<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Search Engine Home Page [new window]\">Microsoft Bing<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>62<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Search Engine Home Page [new window]\">Yahoo!<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<strong>59<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Compared to November 2015, all referral sources are up with the exception of Care2 which is down from 3,458, likely a seasonal dip.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here are our top 15 commentators:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.care2.com\/news\/member\/101612212?sort=submitted\" target=\"_blank\">Joanne Dixon (136)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">TomCat (123)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>jla (122)<\/p>\n<p>Lona Goudswaard (108)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\" target=\"_blank\">Lynn Squance (98)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jim Phillips (90)<\/p>\n<p>SoINeedAName (72)<\/p>\n<p>Edie (67)<\/p>\n<p>Mitch D. (67)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mail.twc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pat B (61)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vivian B. (36)<\/p>\n<p>dave c (18)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/critterscrap.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jerry Critter (12)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.care2.com\/news\/member\/101612212?sort=submitted\" target=\"_blank\">Joanne D (11)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oakcreekforum.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">One Fly (9)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">During September&nbsp;and October, the resident Big Mouth designation was shared by JL, Joanne Dixon,&nbsp;SoINeedAName and me, Lynn Squance as TomCat was ill. &nbsp;TomCat increased his postings substantially through November and is back to posting daily. &nbsp;Kudos TomCat for a spectacular return! &nbsp;The rest of us have continued posting along with TomCat through December and I see no real change to that in the future. &nbsp;. . . more perspectives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I recommend using your own avatar. Go to&nbsp;<\/font><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">Gravatar<\/span><\/a><\/strong><font color=\"#0000ff\">.&nbsp; Sign up using the email address you use to post comments here and upload the image you want to use as your avatar.&nbsp; Whenever you comment under that email address here or on any WordPress blog (several others too), that image will become your avatar.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">The 2016 political campaign is continuing to heat&nbsp;up with the first primaries set for 1, 9, 20 and 23 February, 2016. The fever pitch is starting in earnest. &nbsp;Whether you support Bernie, Hillary, or Martin, please base your arguments on the good things about your choice.&nbsp; However, it&rsquo;s open season (politically) on the Republican candidates.&nbsp; They and the Republican Bubble Machine are continuing to repeat&nbsp;so many lies so often and making up new ones that we&rsquo;ll be hard pressed to keep repeating&nbsp; the truths. &nbsp;Of course as we have been seeing, Donald Trump and now Ted Cruz&nbsp;are taking insaniTEA to new heights. &nbsp;Ben Carson is sinking into oblivion but hasn&#39;t called it quits yet. &nbsp;Republicans that have ended&nbsp;their campaigns as at 31\/12\/2015 are&nbsp;Rick Perry, former&nbsp;Governor of Texas&nbsp;<small>(2000&ndash;2015)<\/small>&nbsp;suspended&nbsp;campaign&nbsp;on September 11, 2015;&nbsp;Scott Walker,&nbsp;Governor of Wisconsin&nbsp;<small>(2011&ndash;<i>present<\/i>)<\/small>&nbsp;suspended&nbsp;campaign&nbsp;on September 21, 2015;&nbsp;Bobby Jindal,&nbsp;Governor of Louisiana&nbsp;<small>(2008-2016)<\/small>&nbsp;suspended&nbsp;campaign&nbsp;on November 17, 2015&nbsp;but&nbsp;remains on the ballot in four states (FL, NH, AL and AR);&nbsp;Lindsey Graham, U.S. Senator from&nbsp;South Carolina&nbsp;<small>(2003-<i>present<\/i>)<\/small>&nbsp;suspended&nbsp;campaign&nbsp;on December 21, 2015&nbsp;but remains on the ballot in more than ten states; and&nbsp;George Pataki,&nbsp;Governor of New York&nbsp;<small>(1995&ndash;2006)<\/small>&nbsp;suspended&nbsp;campaign&nbsp;on December 29, 2015. &nbsp;There are still 12 Republican campaigns up and running, but by the end of February that number may be lower. &nbsp;How so many of these Republican candidates can afford to stay afloat financially with poll numbers so low, I really don&#39;t know.&nbsp;&nbsp;Expect little help from the media. &nbsp;We will&nbsp;do our&nbsp;best to assist you, by exposing the lies and presenting the truths clearly. &nbsp;In the Democratic camp, there are three candidates running with the following having withdrawn:&nbsp;Jim Webb, former U.S. Senator from Virginia&nbsp;<small>(2007&ndash;2013) <\/small>suspended&nbsp;campaign&nbsp;on October 20, 2015; &nbsp;Lincoln Chafee, former Governor of Rhode Island&nbsp;<small>(2011&ndash;2015)<\/small>&nbsp;and U.S. Senator from Rhode Island&nbsp;<small>(1999&ndash;2007)<\/small>&nbsp;suspended&nbsp;campaign&nbsp;on October 23, 2015; and&nbsp;Lawrence Lessig, Harvard Law Professor suspended&nbsp;campaign&nbsp;on November 2, 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Thank you for all that you do, here and elsewhere.&nbsp; You make doing this job worth the effort!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well here we are in January 2016. &nbsp;A new year and new possibilities, but let&#39;s make sure that there are no Republican possibilities! &nbsp; Month Unique visitors Number of visits Pages Hits Bandwidth Jan 2016 663 1,106 4,092 10,859 201.70 MB Feb 2016 0 0 0 0 0 Mar 2016 0 0 0 0 0 <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/01\/03\/monthly-report-december-2015\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monthly-report","category-politics","category-45-id","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18726\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}