Great article. Thanks so much! I would take mild issue however, with this statement "elections are accurate representations of the American electorate.". The vote count is accurate, but the electoral college distorts the will of the people in national elections, and partisan redistricting does so at state and local level. Obvious, but it had to be said.
Yep, so much of everything is about their psychological need to continue believing that they are part of a silent majority, that most people secretly agree with them even if they're not courageous enough to say it out loud, like MAGA Republicans are.
And you and I have similar curiosities about this, but as a non-mathematician, I'm beginning to wonder if pollsters are also clinging to some weird ideas in that regard.
And yes, the thing about how MAGA Republicans in the heartland have literally no concept of how large real cities are. Republicans in Georgia don't even understand how large Atlanta is.
Great article. Thanks so much! I would take mild issue however, with this statement "elections are accurate representations of the American electorate.". The vote count is accurate, but the electoral college distorts the will of the people in national elections, and partisan redistricting does so at state and local level. Obvious, but it had to be said.
Ooh, I love these maps. So glad Rebecca linked you in the Wonkette TABS.
Same here, it’s the maps that suck me in!
Yep, so much of everything is about their psychological need to continue believing that they are part of a silent majority, that most people secretly agree with them even if they're not courageous enough to say it out loud, like MAGA Republicans are.
And you and I have similar curiosities about this, but as a non-mathematician, I'm beginning to wonder if pollsters are also clinging to some weird ideas in that regard.
And yes, the thing about how MAGA Republicans in the heartland have literally no concept of how large real cities are. Republicans in Georgia don't even understand how large Atlanta is.