Comments on: visualization FTW http://tieguy.org/blog/2008/11/05/visualization-ftw/ Ramblings on software, law, and the spaces in between. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:08:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Luis http://tieguy.org/blog/2008/11/05/visualization-ftw/comment-page-1/#comment-28420 Luis Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:41:16 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/?p=1361#comment-28420 It is very hard to extrapolate from this year's numbers on minorities to past years (for blacks, for the obvious reason, and for hispanics, because of the immigration discussion.) It is very hard to extrapolate from this year’s numbers on minorities to past years (for blacks, for the obvious reason, and for hispanics, because of the immigration discussion.)

]]> By: iain http://tieguy.org/blog/2008/11/05/visualization-ftw/comment-page-1/#comment-28419 iain Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:34:29 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/?p=1361#comment-28419 Do you think the data on slide#13, that it was a fairly large increase in black and hispanic votes for the democrats (+19 and +27%) that won the state, supports the idea that Kerry would have won had Florida not been preventing people from voting? Badly worded, but I'm sure you know what I mean. I should probably look to see what the difference in numbers is between how many voted in both elections. Do you think the data on slide#13, that it was a fairly large increase in black and hispanic votes for the democrats (+19 and +27%) that won the state, supports the idea that Kerry would have won had Florida not been preventing people from voting? Badly worded, but I’m sure you know what I mean.

I should probably look to see what the difference in numbers is between how many voted in both elections.

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