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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for October 1, 2019
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
October 1, 2019: Seventy years ago today, on October 1, 1949, "Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)."[1]
With that declaration, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) effectively ended a bitter civil war and defeated the Nationalist Party. In the United States, the question of who should be charged with "facilitating the 'loss' of China to communism" became a major political issue. "The 'fall' of mainland China to communism in 1949 led the United States to suspend diplomatic ties with the PRC for decades."
Each weekday, Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day explores interesting and newsworthy topics at the intersection of culture, politics, and technology.
- September 30, 2019 – 42 percent of voters very concerned that tech companies will abuse facial recognition technology
- September 27, 2019 – 6 percent of American adults have written a song
- September 26, 2019 – 30 percent of baseball fans think the Yankees will win the World Series
- September 25, 2019 – 51 percent of young voters believe humanity could be wiped out within 10-15 years
- September 24, 2019 – 13,800 dollars required to get liquor license in California
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