According to a recent WTOP survey, ten percent of District of Columbia residents say they support the Tea Party. more ›

ESPN -- bastion of unbiased, scientific polling that it is -- offered this incredibly positive query last night to Sportscenter viewers: "If you had to pick, which home team's game would you be most likely to attend?" Of course, what they meant to say was, "Look, let's say you end up in Hell, and your infinite punishment is that you're forced to attend home games for one the worst professional franchises in each of the four major sports for all eternity: which one do you pick?" A majority of the country opted to go with the lowly Detroit Lions, because, you know, WOO FOOTBALL and all -- but look at us, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia! We're keeping it real with the Nats, the only team aside from the Lions to win a geographical area. (California, being far too cool to be associated with any of these loser squads, opted to go with the "None" option. Man, Kings fans in the state capital must be feeling great right about now.) more ›

OKTrends, the official blog of social networking site OKCupid, posted some interesting color-coded maps the other day showing results from a recent survey they conducted - of, it should be noted, only their users, so it's tough to say that's it's very scientific. Still, we got a kick out of the one at right, which purports to represent data on which parts of the country responded to the question, "Are some human lives worth more than others?" on a scale of red to green, red showing more respondents who answered "yesno," and green being "noyes." Here's what they say:

This graph struck me right off because our map-making program is supposed to color the states from solid green to solid red, and there’s no true red on this map. This had Chris and I confused for a while until we realized: the true red is Washington D.C.; you can barely see the little dot there by Virginia. We’d forgotten that our Google Maps API plots D.C. as a separate data set. It’s the most ‘brotherhood of man’ place in America. Weird, huh?

Today the Post ran a story about how D.C. United has sent an online poll to their fans, asking them to rank, in order of preference, where they'd like to see a new stadium built. The three options are the Dulles Corridor, Lower Montgomery County, or the District of Columbia. If you didn't get the survey via email from the team, you can click here to share your thoughts. Along with asking how many games you think you'd be able to attend depending on where the stadium is built, the second question is perhaps most telling: "Assuming there is not a new stadium option for D.C. United within the District of Columbia, please rank each of the following two possible stadium locations based on your preference: Dulles Corridor/Dulles Airport or Lower Montgomery County." The survey will remain online through the end of the week. more ›

Reuters (via MSNBC) has a story about an annual driver survey that now ranks New York City drivers at the top when it comes to overly aggressive driving. Miami had been number one for the last few years, but New Yorkers have since taken their rightful place as the rudest Americans (behind the wheel). So how does D.C. stack up? Washington was actually ranked fifth on the list of least courteous driving cities last year, but has since fallen out of the top five. So have we really become nicer drivers? Umm... not so much:

Most people, 43 percent, reacted to bad driving by honking the horn. But 36 percent resorted to cursing, 13 percent waved their fists or arms and 10 percent made an obscene gesture. more ›