“Asked how many members of the House of Reps there were, Stein guessed 600-some before hosts corrected her.”

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    2 months ago

    I’d argue they focus too little on the first 8 and too much on the last 2. Both would be an error in analysis of course.

    Also it runs the risk of people applying statistics to individual cases, or groups too small to be statistically relevant.

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      2 months ago

      I agree with you - and that’s why gerrymandering is a problem, because it makes the last 2 questions more valuable to study for. As for statistics, that’s for pollsters and analysts to work on.

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          2 months ago

          Because a good chunk of the population doesn’t understand what it is and why it’s bad, and a serious percentage of politicians benefit from it.

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            Are you saying its essentially a thing Republicans don’t know about or understand? I have to assume every democrat has heard the word, and it has simple explanations too.

            I was under the impression republicans knee but defended it but it could be an ignorance thing, thats a fair point.