Comments on: NY-29: gains from 2004 to 2006 by county

By: adderall abuse

adderall abuse — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:10:10 +0000

adderall abuse…

news…

By: nequals1

nequals1 — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:23:39 +0000

That’s funny. Look for it this weekend…

By: bythepeople

bythepeople — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:07:33 +0000

And so I sit. Clicking refresh every few seconds in anticipation of your update.

By: nequals1

nequals1 — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:08:41 +0000

btp,
yes, I used R to create the graphs. It’s very powerful software, and it’s free!

Yes, I could easily make the size of the points proportional to the county size (bubble plot). I might give that a try and see how it looks.

I’m planning to combine data from several local congressional races to look at trends from 04 to 06

By: bythepeople

bythepeople — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:23:30 +0000

Also, is there any way to show this data weighted by county population? E.g. Monroe county would be bigger Catt would be smaller.

By: bythepeople

bythepeople — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:20:33 +0000

Nice! I like how you show the data. Is this graph from that stats package you mentioned in response to my Excel graphs a couple days ago?

By: optimusprime

optimusprime — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 13:55:21 +0000

I wasnt aware that Kuhl’s support in Cattaragus County rose higher in contrast to ‘04. I think Kuhl slipped roofies in their kool-aid.

By: The Fighting 29th

The Fighting 29th — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:48:00 +0000

Numerology…

There’s been a lot of poll analysis in the last couple of weeks. Today, Pollster.com posted a discussion of where their method of averaging available polls failed. The 29th was one of those races. No particular conclusions were drawn about……