Links 10-24-11

Here are some interesting graphs from a forthcoming book on shifts in the American electorate.  Among other trends, professionals have voted increasingly for Democratic candidates while Owners and Proprietors and have voted increasingly for Republican candidates.

Here's an analysis of Herman Cain's 9-9-9 tax plan that finds that the bottom 90% of wage-earners would pay more under the plan.  Those findings have received a great deal of media attention . . .

So watch to see if Cain's poll numbers fall . . . as of the writing of this post, he leads Romney and Perry 26% to 25.5% to 12.5% in the average of the past six polls.

The NY Times Editorial page runs down a list of problems Alabama has experienced since the implementation of their new immigration law and concludes that "it's what they asked for"