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There's a time and a place to die, and this ain't it.
Sep 21, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Read the lawsuit. The annual Population Estimates Program (PEP) formula is even more compromised than even I'd believed it to be, basically prioritizing the Bureau's comfort over accuracy to a ridiculous extent. 1/4 The formula is so bad, in fact, that in a county estimated to be losing population, it makes it so that any change found would be negiligble, at best, despite all kind of documented evidence to the contrary. And it's simply designed to keep the workload down for the Bureau. 2/4
May 3, 2021 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Though all post-Great Recession presidential elections in Michigan have been atypical save for maybe last year representing back to 'normal,' and the electorate still unsettled, the swing mapped from 2012 shows you the beginnings of the uneven realignment. Both Obama and Trump disrupted the elections of '08, '12 and '16. The 2016-2020 swing might show movement back to results more inline with those at the beginning of the millennia, but with a significantly different coalition.
May 3, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
At the same time, Trump lost. No expects the GOP to be anti-Trump, but they sure as hell have to show that they are MORE than Trump...and they ain't doing that. I don't think people appreciate just how badly Trump lost. It's not as if he didn't try to win. This man used the media 24/7 and 365 a year to electioneer like no one before him, got over 10 million more voters than he did in '16 driving the highest % turnout since 1900...and he still lost. His ass got smoked. Period.
Mar 25, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Cynthia is BRITISH, y'all. She is playing the entire hell out of this part, not just the accent - which is flawless - but the mannerisms, too. How she's interacting with the actresses she's playing with...Give this woman an award for this part, already.

#GeniusAretha Her cover of "Bridge over Troubled Water" is in my Top 5 of her favorite songs.

#GeniusAretha
Mar 24, 2021 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
Lansing had a 4-point swing towards the Dems in 2020, and overall turnout was up nearly 14% from 2016. Biden won 74% of the vote in the city to Clinton's 69% in 2016.
#ElectionTwitter @JMilesColeman Ethnic minority areas didn't present as clear a pattern as in some other cities. The blackest precinct (southern end of Westside neighborhood) trended Biden, while more mixed (Hmong, Vietnamese and black) trended Trump. The most hispanic precinct trended Trump but by 1 point.
Mar 24, 2021 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
C.L. couldn't stay out of Aretha's business for NOTHIN'.

#GeniusAretha You better SANG, Cynthia!

#GeniusAretha
Mar 24, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
@davidcrosss as Jerry Wexler is such a chaotic choice, but it works for this version of the story. 😂

#GeniusAretha I knew the stuff was gonna hit the fan when Rev. Franklin reached way down into his sould and pulled out "chur'ren." 😬 Went from Detroit-to-Memphis is 0-5.

#GeniusAretha
Mar 19, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Though very slightly, Michigan's Upper Peninsula did trend toward the Dems last cycle, 56% Trump / 38% Clinton in 2016 to 57% Trump / 40% Biden. Most of the gain is on the back of it's most populous county: Marquette. BTW, turnout was up 14%, here, which is impressive when you consider that the region is bleeding pop. on net. If the state had interest in economically jolting Marquette awake, things up there wouldn't be quite so bad, politically, from a Dem perspective.
Mar 17, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Like Grand Rapids and Lansing, Kalamazoo was another growing city in which Biden got over 70% of the vote. %'s ranged from 69% in precinct 10 in northeast K'zoo to 95% next door in the far north of The Zoo. Image Election Twitter, how can I make a custom color ramp in QGIS in which 0 is white and 100% is the darkest hue of the color? I'm trying to create an empty scale of like 5% increments, but have the color ramp up evenly but deeper into the color ramp.
Mar 16, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Michigan voters passed legalization of marijuana for medical use in 2008 with 63% in favor, and 37% against. It ranged from a high or 71% & 69% in Wayne and Washtenaw, respectively, to a low and narrow 50.5% win in Ottawa. Image Ten years later, voters passed the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act of 2018 intiaitive. Support ranged from highs of 68% (Washtenaw) and 65% (Ingham) "Yes", to lows of 60.1% (Ottawa) and 60.2% (Missaukee) "No." Image