RumorsDaily » Politics http://www.rumorsdaily.com Where old blogs die, come back to life, and then die again Wed, 19 May 2010 00:53:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Obama’s jeans http://www.rumorsdaily.com/2009/07/19/obamas-jeans/ http://www.rumorsdaily.com/2009/07/19/obamas-jeans/#comments Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:18:59 +0000 DoorFrame http://www.rumorsdaily.com/2009/07/19/obamas-jeans/ Is it just me, or are Obama’s jeans rather dorky?
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]]> http://www.rumorsdaily.com/2008/11/10/100-days/feed/ 0 Historical Presidential Voter Turnout Numbers http://www.rumorsdaily.com/2008/11/02/historical-presidential-voter-turnout-numbers/ http://www.rumorsdaily.com/2008/11/02/historical-presidential-voter-turnout-numbers/#comments Sun, 02 Nov 2008 16:28:34 +0000 DoorFrame http://www.rumorsdaily.com/?p=8383 The NYTimes mentioned that if voter turnout were to hit 64% this election, it would be the highest voter turnout since the 65.7% we had in the election of 1908 (go Taft!). This got me curious about historical voter turnout levels and led me to this handy data repository, which I turned into an even handier bar graph:


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Apparently I’m very interested in voter turnout numbers, as this is not the first such chart that I have posted.

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]]> http://www.rumorsdaily.com/2008/10/30/politigraphs/feed/ 0 The McCainchurian Candidate http://www.rumorsdaily.com/2008/10/24/the-mccainchurian-candidate/ http://www.rumorsdaily.com/2008/10/24/the-mccainchurian-candidate/#comments Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:00:56 +0000 DoorFrame http://www.rumorsdaily.com/?p=8337 One of McCain’s strongest blocks of supporters is in the Vietnamese community (at least compared to other Asian immigrant communities) — do we have a Manchurian Candidate on our hands?

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]]> http://www.rumorsdaily.com/2008/10/23/electoral-gap/feed/ 1 http://www.rumorsdaily.com/2008/10/20/8319/ http://www.rumorsdaily.com/2008/10/20/8319/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:20:17 +0000 DoorFrame http://www.rumorsdaily.com/2008/10/20/8319/ Bradley didn’t lose because of the Bradley effect. Does anybody?

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]]> http://www.rumorsdaily.com/2008/10/14/feys-got-competition/feed/ 0 The Politics of Cleanliness http://www.rumorsdaily.com/2008/10/14/the-politics-of-cleanliness/ http://www.rumorsdaily.com/2008/10/14/the-politics-of-cleanliness/#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:16:55 +0000 DoorFrame http://www.rumorsdaily.com/?p=8023 Neat? You’re conservative. Messy? You’re liberal.

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