wizbangblog.com - 8/14/2008
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A lot of people are talking about how Barack Obama has outraised John McCain in donations from US troops deployed overseas. Enough talk, indeed, to get me to actually look...
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Sister Toldjah —
... .” I found that to be a head-scratcher, to say the least, until I read Jay Tea’s post giving the percentage of US troops this represents: ...
alicublog —
... We enjoy, for example, the close analysis of Wizbang's Jay Tea, which reveals that the servicemembers have spent very little on campaign donations overall, allowing Tea to brush off these warriors' contributions as "statistically irrelevant." He adds, "I think I kinda like that 99.9% of our troops aren't spending at least $200 on presidential campaigns." ...
99.9% Pure
Fraters Libertas —
At Wizbang, Jay Tea analyzes the breathless reports that deployed troops are donating to Obama six times more often than McCain and provides much needed (especially for lefty bloggers who seem to struggle with understanding statistical relevance) perspective : Let's take those numbers and play with them a little. Minimum donation to be counted by Open Secrets: $200 Average donation to Obama: $455 and change. Average donation to McCain: $410 and change Total donations to Democrats: $63,882 Total donations to Republicans: $76,027 Average donation to Democrats: $456 and change ...
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