Re: The Presidential Election

Posted by Eric Charles on Nov 03, 2012; 7:04pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/The-Presidential-Election-tp7580914p7580917.html

Jochen,
I was deep intrigued by the more detailed maps that were produced to go along with the 2008 elections. I suspect Pinker is trying to explain a not real phenomenon (such is often my impression with Pinker, but that's another discussion). Take for example the "purple" graph at the bottom of this article: http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/2008_election_county-by-county/

Our country is not as geographically fractured as the talking heads want us to think.

Eric

P.S. I have a nice Gary Johnson sign outside my house.

On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 01:20 PM, Jochen Fromm <[hidden email]> wrote:

I have the impression that the list has become a bit quiet in the last 
weeks. Are you involved in a campaign for one of the candidates? New 
Mexico is a blue state, so most of you will be for President Obama. For 
a European, it is hard to understand why one would make a different 
choice anyway. What is your opinion on the presidential election?

Steven Pinker recently wrote a nice article why states are so red and 
blue. Do you agree?
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/24/why-are-states-so-red-and-blue/

-J.





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Penn State University
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