jordanlund@lemmy.worldM to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agoThe Dangerous Illusion of a Presidential Third Party in 2024www.thirdway.orgexternal-linkmessage-square202fedilinkarrow-up1255arrow-down137file-text
arrow-up1218arrow-down1external-linkThe Dangerous Illusion of a Presidential Third Party in 2024www.thirdway.orgjordanlund@lemmy.worldM to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square202fedilinkfile-text
Really you don’t need to read more than one chart: If you vote for anyone other than Harris, you’re voting for Trump:
minus-square14th_cylon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down3·edit-22 months agoI wouldn’t take this graphic too seriously…
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down4·2 months agoOne exception proves the rule. :) But Florida is gonna Florida. There’s no question who they’re voting for. It everyone else we need to worry about.
minus-square14th_cylon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·2 months ago One exception proves the rule. :) No, it doesn’t. Also my point is not “how Florida voted” It is that the blue part of the right graph is clearly bigger than half, yet the text description says 48%. So the whole graph set is not really worth drawing any conclusion from, because you can’t trust the data.
minus-squareBlackbeard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 months agoWait, aren’t ALL of those colors inadvertently transposed? The reds and blues are wrong.
minus-squareLasherz12@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoThey must have let people from each state make their own graph.
minus-squareShawdow194@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·2 months ago0.5% rounded up to the nearest whole number That’s how math works
minus-square14th_cylon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·2 months ago That’s how math works No, it is really not.
minus-squarebobburger@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·2 months agoWhat is 0.5 rounded up to the nearest whole number then?
minus-square14th_cylon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoWhat does it have to do with 48% presented as more than 50?
I wouldn’t take this graphic too seriously…
One exception proves the rule. :) But Florida is gonna Florida. There’s no question who they’re voting for.
It everyone else we need to worry about.
No, it doesn’t. Also my point is not “how Florida voted”
It is that the blue part of the right graph is clearly bigger than half, yet the text description says 48%.
So the whole graph set is not really worth drawing any conclusion from, because you can’t trust the data.
Wait, aren’t ALL of those colors inadvertently transposed? The reds and blues are wrong.
They must have let people from each state make their own graph.
0.5% rounded up to the nearest whole number
That’s how math works
No, it is really not.
What is 0.5 rounded up to the nearest whole number then?
What does it have to do with 48% presented as more than 50?