If you're a regular reader here you've undoubtedly noticed some perspicatious and highly detailed diaries and comments by Matthew Breuer.
Matthew just finished his freshman year at Yale, but even while he was in high school he was working on analyzing election results to see what they teach us about politics and campaigns.
Today, the picture you're looking at and a long accompanying article are on the front page of the Burlington Free Press. The article quotes academics and leaders from all three political parties in Vermont praising the quality and value of Matthew's work. For example:
You should read the whole article, but I'll just close with a big CONGRATULATIONS, MATT!
And be sure to checkout the website, http://districtindex.blogspot.com (or just like The LDI on facebook if you’re too lazy to keep up with 1,000’s of blogs like I am)
but liars can figure. We need more number crunchers who give attention to detail & care about accuracy.
In the Freep article, Vermont Progressive Party Executive Director Morgan Daybell gets the first comment, in which he “notes” that the data Matthew is mining and refining looks only at the differential leanings of the other two major parties, the Ds and the Rs.
Given that Matthew is working on a model that will apply in all 50 states, and given that few other states have viable third parties, and given that Matthew is doing this work for free, I’d suggest that Morgan has little cause for complaint.
Perhaps, if the Progressive Party wants that kind of detailed analysis to include them, they should contract with the bright young data analyst to provide the data they wish to see. You know, pay the worker(s). What a progressive idea!
NanuqFC
In a Time of Universal Deceit, TELLING the TRUTH Is a Revolutionary Act. ~ George Orwell