Notable numbers: Trump down, Clinton up and wages for care workers are terrible
26 The percentage of the world’s countries and territories that had anti-blasphemy laws or policies in 2014
13 The percentage of nations that had laws or policies penalizing apostasy
90 The percentage of the 20 Middle Eastern and North African nations that criminalize blasphemy
70 The percentage of those countries that criminalize apostasy
29 The percentage of the 35 countries in the Americas that had blasphemy laws in 2014
$16.20 The hourly wage it takes to cover the basic costs faced by a family of one adult and one child in North Carolina
$9.84 The median wage for North Carolina’s personal care aides
$9.12 The median wage for home health aides
$10.84 The median wage for nursing assistants
$13.88 The hourly wage that North Carolina’s Medicaid program reimburses homecare expenses
83.5 Hillary Clinton’s chances of winning the presidency, according to FiveThirtyEight on Tuesday
72.6 Clinton’s chances of winning the presidency on Thursday
55.4 What Donald Trump’s chances were on July 27 of winning the presidency
69.5 Clinton’s chances of winning North Carolina, according to FiveThirtyEight on Tuesday
50.3 Trump’s chances for winning North Carolina on Thursday
$35.8 million The “unheard of” amount that Donald Trump says he raised in July
$101.3 million What Mitt Romney raised in July 2012
44 The percentage of respondents in a Gallup poll who said they thought Hillary Clinton’s convention speech was excellent or good
20 The percentage who viewed the speech as poor or terrible
35 The percentage of respondents who viewed Donald Trump’s convention speech positively
36 The percentage who viewed Trump’s speech negatively
51 The percentage of respondents who said they were less likely to vote for Trump after seeing his convention; in data going back to 1984, Trump's convention was the only one where people said on net that they were less likely to vote for the nominated candidate afterward
10 The number of percentage points Clinton was ahead in a Fox News poll released Wednesday
23 The number of percentage points Clinton was ahead with women in that poll
5 The number Trump was ahead with men
83 The number Clinton was ahead with black voters
10 The number Trump was ahead among whites
12 The percentage of Republican voters who said they would vote for Clinton
5 The percentage of Democrats who said they would vote for Trump
48-33 Clinton’s lead over Trump in the latest McClatchy-Marist poll released Thursday
42-39 Clinton’s lead over Trump in the poll last month
79 Trump’s support among Republicans in this week’s poll
85 His support among Republicans last month
62.9 The percentage of U.S. households this year that were owner-occupied residences
69.2 The percentage in the fourth quarter of 2004, the all-time high
This story was originally published August 5, 2016 at 5:07 PM with the headline "Notable numbers: Trump down, Clinton up and wages for care workers are terrible."