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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: KLP who wrote (3841)	11/28/2000 8:56:11 PM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6710

Ok, fine, one more post... It very well be very interesting and perhaps if I wasn't so damn tired I might be interested as well. And maybe I'm too tired to really understand your point. But here's my guess. Since I tend to hold the belief that corrupt people are equally distributed amongst all parties, religions and ethnic groups, I don't feel a strong inclination to do a zip code/voting error/money correlation analysis across the United States [or even Florida]. And to imply from such a correlation, if it exists, that this is some proof of corruption is an extension of circumstantial evidence that is not valid. Or to use a phrase in vogue these days, it is fundamentally flawed. One can nearly always find an event and a set of facts that suggests cause. For example, I'm sure that you've see the BS on whoever wins the Superbowl predicts the market for the next year. One can find a statistical correlation, but it isn't necessarily causal. If you're inclined to extract the correlation you suggest, go for it. I would always encourage someone to look at details and attempt to extract some conclusion from it. I would be pleased to look at it and comment on it, if I felt my comments could contribute and you would like me to do so. Nothing personal, it just doesn't excite me right now to do the research in an area that I don't expect will give me a valid conclusion. Regards, jttmab