Fairfax County, VA does not allow straight party votes. I call BS on this graph and the whole post.
I am familiar with the Dr Shiva analysis in Michigan and it is compelling - there is more than enough reason to pursue it. You can download the data he used from Michigan election websites and see the breakdown of votes between straight ticket and per-candidate ballots.
The entire premise of this "graph" is that straight ticket voting is an option and show up in the results data. It is not an option in Fairfax County, VA.
Unless OP provides direct references to source data and an explanation of the charting procedure, this should be ignored as misinformation.
In Michigan (I have read this, not first hand experience), there is literally a place on the ballot where you can mark All Republican or All Democrat and skip all the individual names. This is “straight ticket”. Or, you can mark candidates individually. Their downloadable results break the votes out explicitly by which of these types of votes were cast.
Virginia does not do that. You can just mark each candidate.
And you can compare votes for republican senators and house to approximate. At the risk of being doxxed I know first-hand. That being said shiva's video is a cluster, he needs to release data and code because what he said in the video is confusing if you try to replicate.
Right. I didn't vote down ballot Rs in VA in 2016. I did this time. You can substitute republican straight ticket with votes for the republican senate candidate.
"The entire premise of this "graph" is that straight ticket voting is an option and show up in the results data. It is not an option in Fairfax County, VA."
Fairfax County, VA does not allow straight party votes. I call BS on this graph and the whole post.
I am familiar with the Dr Shiva analysis in Michigan and it is compelling - there is more than enough reason to pursue it. You can download the data he used from Michigan election websites and see the breakdown of votes between straight ticket and per-candidate ballots.
The entire premise of this "graph" is that straight ticket voting is an option and show up in the results data. It is not an option in Fairfax County, VA.
Unless OP provides direct references to source data and an explanation of the charting procedure, this should be ignored as misinformation.
No
How is it not an option? Because you have to fill out individual bubbles? Are you high?
In Michigan (I have read this, not first hand experience), there is literally a place on the ballot where you can mark All Republican or All Democrat and skip all the individual names. This is “straight ticket”. Or, you can mark candidates individually. Their downloadable results break the votes out explicitly by which of these types of votes were cast.
Virginia does not do that. You can just mark each candidate.
And you can compare votes for republican senators and house to approximate. At the risk of being doxxed I know first-hand. That being said shiva's video is a cluster, he needs to release data and code because what he said in the video is confusing if you try to replicate.
Right. I didn't vote down ballot Rs in VA in 2016. I did this time. You can substitute republican straight ticket with votes for the republican senate candidate.
I've replicated findings in Nebraska. New post is here: https://thedonald.win/p/11Q8cBUnxd/ne-2nd-congressional-algorithmic/c/
Included is all the info. Please review.
"The entire premise of this "graph" is that straight ticket voting is an option and show up in the results data. It is not an option in Fairfax County, VA."
Confirmed.