{"id":4300,"date":"2020-10-19T00:33:31","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T17:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/?p=4300"},"modified":"2020-10-19T00:33:31","modified_gmt":"2020-10-18T17:33:31","slug":"the-2020-election-explained-in-three-charts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/2020\/10\/19\/the-2020-election-explained-in-three-charts\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2020 Election Explained in Three Charts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following our colleagues in other largely data-science based news organizations, we\u2019ve conducted a variety of mathematical examinations and statistical quandaries in analysis of the recent elections. Due to some technical difficulties, we were unable to utilize our typical analysis programs. However, our intern Brian assures us he can do the same things in Google Sheets. So we\u2019ll see how this goes.<\/p>\n<p>In the midst of a pandemic, the political landscape has changed a lot since even the last year. And gearing up to the election, it\u2019s certainly informative to look at the percentage of Republicans who\u2019ve maintained their faith in Trump over the past year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">{{CODE}}<\/p>\n<p>Ok, uhh, Brian, that\u2019s just a bar. Like first off, we\u2019d need at least two. We\u2019re comparing things Brian. But also there\u2019s no labels or scale? No, you know what it\u2019s okay. You\u2019re new. You\u2019re learning. You\u2019ll get them next time, tiger. Let\u2019s just move on.<\/p>\n<p>The country has also been polarized by the protests going on this summer. At a time where race is at the forefront of the national discussion, it\u2019s crucial to look at the breakdown of what percentages of the races are voting where. Our intern Brian has prepared an infographic that should prove edifying, with numbers this time.<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">64<\/h1>\n<p>Okay Brian. That\u2019s just a number. Like there\u2019s nothing else with that. What\u2019s that supposed to mean? Oh. Hey wait, no. Don\u2019t cry, Brian. It\u2019s okay. Don\u2019t worry. We\u2019ll give you another chance. This one\u2019s really easy.<\/p>\n<p>We conducted a recent poll nationwide about people\u2019s voting preferences. We\u2019ve organized it into this helpful pie chart.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/7\/7e\/Cherry-Pie-Slice.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2480\" height=\"2020\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oh you fucking b- <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following our colleagues in other largely data-science based news organizations, we\u2019ve conducted a variety of mathematical examinations and statistical quandaries in analysis of the recent elections. Due to some technical difficulties, we were unable to utilize our typical analysis programs. However, our intern Brian assures us he can do the same things in Google Sheets. So we\u2019ll see how this goes. In the midst of a pandemic, the political landscape has changed a lot since even the last year. And gearing up to the election, it\u2019s certainly informative to look at the percentage of Republicans who\u2019ve maintained their faith in Trump over the past year. {{CODE}} Ok, uhh, Brian, that\u2019s just a bar. Like first off, we\u2019d need at least two. We\u2019re comparing things Brian. But also there\u2019s no labels or scale? No, you know what it\u2019s okay. You\u2019re new. You\u2019re learning. You\u2019ll get them next time, tiger. Let\u2019s just move on. The country has also been polarized by the protests going on this summer. At a time where race is at the forefront of the national discussion, it\u2019s crucial to look at the breakdown of what percentages of the races are voting where. Our intern Brian has prepared an infographic that should prove edifying, with numbers this time. 64 Okay Brian. That\u2019s just a number. Like there\u2019s nothing else with that. What\u2019s that supposed to mean? Oh. Hey wait, no. Don\u2019t cry, Brian. It\u2019s okay. Don\u2019t worry. We\u2019ll give you another chance. This one\u2019s really easy. We conducted a recent poll nationwide about people\u2019s voting preferences. We\u2019ve organized it into this helpful pie chart. Oh you fucking b-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":425,"featured_media":4377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-8democracy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/425"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4300"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4301,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4300\/revisions\/4301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}