[SeekAndFind]

[Doogle]

but it’s not about him

[Republic of Texas]

Red states are receiving more money because people are moving from Blue states to Red states. What an idiot.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I think this chart is a definite candidate for the next edition of “How to Lie with Statistics”

He fails on his own terms. Dollars spent per dollar in taxes is completely unrelated to census data. The results of this chart would be the same if everyone or no one returned a census form.

Further, rank is a poor statistic and over emphasizes small differences. Why not correlate the raw statistics instead of rank (ordered statistic).

I’m also very, very suspicious that he uses 2008 election results and 2005 spending. How about 2008 election results and 2009 spending, or better the 2010 budget, the first “Obama” budget?

He does not even bother to show the correlation coefficient, or its signifigance.

[central_va]

In 2005, the total population of New England was 14,239,724 people. The six states have 12 Sentators or 1 senator per 1.2 million people.

In the classic south, there are 90 Million with 22 senators works out to about 1 senator per 5M people. So who is over represented?

[Tijeras_Slim]

Nice chart, I’m glad I have a 52” monitor.