Re: (NDC): Blue states revolt

pv34pv3p wrote:
>>> Re-run the stats by county and the figures would be considerably less
>>> in all regards, except perhaps crime rate.
>
>
>>You forgot population. And education. And income, tax revenue, and
>>venture capital. And the number of top-quality universities, high-tech
>
>>corporations, and wineries. And the number of people who believe in
>>evolution, global warming, and other truths about reality that have
>>been proven by science. And the number of people who know that that
>>Saddam was not involved in 9/11. And probably the successful marriage
>>rate too.

> I didn't forget anything...I was merely pointing out that the stats in
> the ORIGINAL POST were not accurate, and as seemingly dominant as
> purported...

Yes, the stats in the original post were accurate, and were as dominate
as stated.

> Again, if the ORIGINAL post had used the further refined (and agreeably
> more accurate)

You're breakdown by county is not "agreebly more accurate." The
original post divided the country into *states* -- and the data was
accurate for that breakdown method. Dividing the country into
*counties* -- as you did -- will yeild different results, but they are
no more *accurate*. While it is more accurate by *space* distribution
it is less accurate by *population* distribution - which is to say
actual people/voters.

> umich data, the numbers would not be anywhere near the
> percentages claimed...

Look at the list I made above: in all of those areas (except possibly
marriage success rate, dunno) the numbers would still hold using your
breakdown method. (Yes, you "forgot" them.)

> Of course many will continue to spout the original scewed data to
> further some political agenda, even when proven to be patently false,
> and misleading...

Except that it wasn't proven patently false and misleading.

> What it boils down to is; What's the color, and who makes, the Cool Aid
> your drinking???
>
> Too red, or too blue, prolly indicates a poisonous batch...

Indeed. And speaking of the map you provided a link to is too red -
the proper map to most accurately convey the political sentiments of
our country is the purple one that I linked to that incorporated shades
to take into account percetages by county and also distorted space to
take into account population distribution.

> pv34pv3p(Like we need another reason to drink beer...)

It's as good as any.

Ray

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