Harper’s Index

Number of years since this poll began in [1990s|1990] in which the gap favoring either party was so large

Percentage of Americans this year who say they are [DemocraticParty|Democrat]-leaning and [RepublicanParty|Republican]-leaning, respectively

Estimated total annual revenue of panhandlers in the [LasVegas|Las Vegas] metropolitan area

Percentage change since [1990s|1990] in the number of pawn shops in [NewYorkCity|New York City]

Chance that an American under the [SeniorCitizen|age of 65] went without health [Insurance|insurance] at some point during the past two years

Number of these companies that [HealthCare|Medicare] took any action against

Number of the forty-nine companies audited in 2003 that were found to have made major errors

Portion of all private [Insurance|insurance] companies participating in [HealthCare|Medicare] that were audited in 2001 and 2006, respectively

Minimum number of edits to Wikipedia since [June|June] 2004 that have been traced back to the [CIA|CIA]

Number of the sixty-five other [Senate|senators] serving those same years who sponsored more

Number of bills, amendments, and resolutions sponsored by Fred Thompson during his eight years in the [Senate|Senate]

Rank of [LibertarianParty|Ron Paul] among [RepublicanParty|Republican] candidates who have received the most in contributions from U.S. service members

Percentage for 2008 campaigns so far

Percentage of contributions from members of the [USMilitary|U.S. military] for 2002 campaigns that went to [DemocraticParty|Democrats]

Total from the education industry

Total contributions to 2008 [Democracy|presidential] campaigns so far that have come from the [Oil|oil] and [Gasoline|gas] industry

Percentage of [DemocraticParty|Democrats] who think that [HillaryClinton|Hillary Clinton] is proposing to withdraw all [USMilitary|U.S. troops] from [Iraq|Iraq] within a year

Number of trafficked people these task forces have identified

Number of [Dance|lap dancers] whose tips and [Menstruation|menstrual] cycles were tracked by a recent University of [NewMexico|New Mexico] study

Percentage by which a [Dance|dancer]’s tips during fertile [Days|days] exceeded those during [Menstruation|menstruation]

Estimated number of [Sex|stripper] poles [Business|sold] in the U.S. last year for home or gym use

Average amount that [Men|men] spent in a store that used a “[Men|masculine]‚” fragrance, in a [Washington|Washington] State University study

Average amount they spent when the store used a “[Women|feminine]‚” fragrance

Estimated amount that Americans lose every year by not redeeming gift cards

Percentage of [Shopping|shopping]-mall and party [Santa|Santas] who believe that [Child|children] “lie when they say they’ve been good‚”

Number of [Golf|golf] clubs a [Phoenix|Phoenix] tourism group is sending to troops overseas as part of its “Operation White [Christmas|Christmas]‚”

Number of [Christmas|Christmas] [Trees|trees] FedExed last year to [USMilitary|U.S. troops]

Number of [Seconds|seconds] it takes a synthetic [Christmas|Christmas] [Trees|tree] to burn

Number of separate human-trafficking task forces that the [JusticeDepartment|Department of Justice] has set up since 2000

Average number in a [Poverty|poor] country

Average number of [Sex|sexual] partners a person in a [Wealth|wealthy] country has in his or her lifetime

Portion of the world’s supply of morphine that is consumed in six of the world’s [Wealth|wealthiest] countries

Estimated percentage of the world’s [Women|female] [Tobacco|smokers]

Estimated percentage of the world’s [Men|male] [Tobacco|smokers] who live in the United States and [China|China], respectively

Percentage change since 2000 in the value of [China|China]’s private security and surveillance industry

Number this year

Number of the world’s five most valuable companies last year that were [China|Chinese]

Percentage change so far this year in the value of the [SP500|S&P 500] and the major [War|defense-company] stocks, respectively

Percentage of Americans overall who [Mendacity|believed] this

Percentage of U.S. [CEO|CEOs] [Ignorance|who believed] this [Spring|spring] that the [Economy|economy] was either “good‚” or “excellent‚”