Only 9% of America Chose Trump and Clinton as the Nominees
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Re: Only 9% of America Chose Trump and Clinton as the Nominees
#2Can I just say the visualisation on this article is fantastic. Worth checking out even if you have little interest in the topic in the title.
Re: Only 9% of America Chose Trump and Clinton as the Nominees
#3These 9% are representing a majority, since a lot of people didn't go to vote.
Re: Only 9% of America Chose Trump and Clinton as the Nominees
#4Can I just say the visualisation on this article is fantastic. Worth checking out even if you have little interest in the topic in the title.
NY Times has been impressing me a lot with their online editions. To the point I'm considering to actually pay for the content.
Another very good visualisation from them is the Panama Channel article http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/06/22/world/americas...
Re: Only 9% of America Chose Trump and Clinton as the Nominees
#5This isn't hacker news
Re: Only 9% of America Chose Trump and Clinton as the Nominees
#6These 9% are representing a majority, since a lot of people didn't go to vote.
No that's not the primary cause. See article.
Re: Only 9% of America Chose Trump and Clinton as the Nominees
#7As I understand it, everyone could choose nominees (assuming you can hold your nose and join one of the two major US parties), so this isn't really interesting news? The only sad bit from my point of view is the number of disenfranchised felons.
Re: Only 9% of America Chose Trump and Clinton as the Nominees
#8The poll number timeline of the 2 parties: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/ge...
Re: Only 9% of America Chose Trump and Clinton as the Nominees
#9These 9% are representing a majority, since a lot of people didn't go to vote.
Considering both nominees have the highest disapproval rates I would say your statement is almost certainly incorrect.
If anything, these 9% are representing a fundamental flaw in our first past the post system.
Re: Only 9% of America Chose Trump and Clinton as the Nominees
#10I don't understand the problem. This is exactly what statistics addresses. Is that 9% a good enough random sample of the entire population, or not? If not, then what is the error 5%, 10%? Actually 9% is a really good sample.