Talkin' Politics | Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics; Record Oil Profits During Crisis; 2022 Early Voting Advantage for Dems?; Paul Pelosi Attack and Ratcheted Up Political Rhetoric

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Lies, Damn Lies, & Statistics   - Single polls - and data reliance: Is Sharice Davids really up 14 points? https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article267967122.html?ac_cid=DM717884&ac_bid=1222525714fivethirty eight 80/20 in favor of Davidshttps://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2022-election-forecast/house/kansas/3/Why don’t outlier polls share info on cross tabs and sampling? 

 

Yeah… NO Exxon mobile exec says that they have been returning profits to the people because they payed out a dividend Exxon made a $20 B profit in Q3, Shell 9.5 billion, Chevron 11.2 BILLIONRecord setting profits amid inflation issueshttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-28/exxon-cites-dividend-in-response-to-biden-attack-on-oil-profits?sref=ZOgFhNqs#xj4y7vzkgRecord profits: https://thehill.com/policy/3709759-oil-companies-rake-in-huge-profits-amid-consumer-squeeze/
 Buy or SellVoters on the left will treat 2022 differently than 2016 & 2018Early voting seems to be way up https://twitter.com/simonwdc/status/1586744022789505026?s=46&t=8JfsL2uvjtueWoJ8mF49qwIs early voting jump just due to carryover from Covid changes? Does it mean something more?https://www.salon.com/2022/10/25/norman-say-no-to-fascism/2016 breakdowns were fairly normal, statistically speaking - if turnout is not accounted forhttps://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2018/08/09/an-examination-of-the-2016-electorate-based-on-validated-voters/Enthusiasm gap?10% of Bernie supporters voted for Trumphttps://www.npr.org/2017/08/24/545812242/1-in-10-sanders-primary-voters-ended-up-supporting-trump-survey-findsIs that group enough to swing 2022?The Big One Paul Pelosi attackedGOP has spent a decade creating a fictitious villain out of Nancy PelosiTreating politics as a battle of culture creates greater animosityhttps://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/30/rnc-chair-gop-rhetoric-pelosi-assault-00064129https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/29/pelosis-gop-campaign-ad-villain-violent-home-invasion-00064112Elon helped push some bull shit reporting too https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1586799992978776065?s=46&t=8JfsL2uvjtueWoJ8mF49qwNY times article https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1586781288660623360?s=46&t=8JfsL2uvjtueWoJ8mF49qwRachel reminder: the reason it’s easy to hate on Nancy is because she is the most widely recognizable and successful house speaker since Tip O’Neil (and that guy was on Cheers ffs, and part of where the “coastal liberal elite” myth); kind of shocking the party of “grooming” NEEEEVVVVEER ever brings up Denny Hastert (how long was that sentence for criminal sexual assault again?)

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