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Math is hard – “…yup I’m from Missouri yup…”

05 Saturday Feb 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in meta

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congressional reapportionment, math, meta, missouri, right wngnut

Even more meta.

Occasionally a post here will generate a lot of traffic. With that we sometimes get rambling illiterate responses posted as comments. There appears to be a correlation.

When anyone posts a comment here at Show Me Progress their email and IP addresses are attached to the comment.

All comments are held in moderation until approved. Illiterate responses are held in perpetuity – they won’t appear with the original post. However, we can and have devoted “Meta” posts mocking such content.

Early this morning:

looks like the publisher can’t do math either. looking at vote counts it’s 6 republican to 2 democrats . yup I’m from Missouri yup I can do math yup I can analyze numbers take your bullshit talking points somewhere else

Heh.

They appear to be incapable of showing their work.

We already did some of the math:

…The total Congressional vote for either Democrats or Republicans in Missouri in 2020 was 2,896,117. The total Congressional vote for Republican candidates in 2020 was 1,723,982 (59.53%). The total Congressional vote for Democratic candidates was 1,172,135 (40.47%)…

[….]More like 5 [Republican districts] (62.5%) – 3 [Democratic districts] (37.5%)….

We’ll finish:

40.47% > 37.5%.

6 is 75.0% of 8. 2 is 25.0% of 8.

37.5% > 25.0%.

Math is hard, eh.

“…take your bullshit talking points somewhere else”

Think about that telling exhibition of critical thinking skill for just a second.

Previously:

Math is hard, proportional representation is evil, Missouri voters are stupid (February 4, 2020)

Math is hard

11 Thursday Nov 2021

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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congressional reapportionment, Jay Ashcroft, math, missouri, Monarchist kakistocracy, Redistricting, right wingnut, Secretary of State

Jay Ashcroft (r) [2021 file photo]

State of Missouri – General Election, November 03, 2020
Official Results
As announced by the Board of State Canvassers on December 08, 2020

Secretary of State 3692 of 3692 Precincts Reported

John R. (Jay) Ashcroft Republican 1,798,505 60.505%
Yinka Faleti Democratic 1,081,113 36.371%
Carl Herman Freese Libertarian 55,583 1.870%
Paul Lehmann Green 24,131 0.812%
Paul Venable Constitution 13,151 0.442%
[….]

[emphasis added]

Secretary of State endorses 7-1 congressional redistricting map
An extra Republican in Congress would represent Missouri better, Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft said.
by Ryan Pivoney Nov. 10 2021

[….]”The biggest question there is whether Missouri will stay a 6-2 state, with six Republican districts and two Democrat districts, or whether they will go 7-1,” Ashcroft said.

He said the state’s political leaning has been changing during the past couple decades, which could provide reason to change the current districts for more Republican representation.

He said he’s expecting a robust discussion on congressional redistricting, particularly in terms of how Missouri voters line up with current representatives.

“Just looking at my own position, I won statewide by 25 percentage points, which makes me say that it seems to me Missouri is a pretty Republican state,” Ashcroft said. “So in that regard, if we were 7-1, I think that would probably do a better job of actually representing who the people of Missouri are in Washington, D.C.”[….]

Democratic.

Jay Ashcroft (r), right wingnut, math:

60.505% is equal to or greater than 87.5%

36.371% is less than 25.0% and equal to 12.5%

This also explains how the U.S. Senate filibuster “works”.

Missouri – COVID-19 – Hotspots – April 17, 2020

17 Friday Apr 2020

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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COVID-19, DHSS, Johns Hopkins, math, missouuri, pandemic, Rural/Urban Divide, science, statistics

“Rural and Urban Divide”. Right.

(per Missouri DHSS)
Johnson County, Missouri: 83.87 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population 4/16/2020.
Kansas City, Missouri: 78.47 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population 4/16/2020.
Jackson County, Misouri: 67.62 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population 4/16/2020.

St. Louis, Missouri: 233.13 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population 4/16/2020.
St. Louis County, Missouri: 203.22 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population 4/16/2020.

[emphasis added]

There are two rural counties in Missouri which are among those with the highest number of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population.

Saline County, Missouri:

(per Missouri DHSS)
Saline County
COVID-19 cases: 49
214.02 per 100,000 population 4/14/2020

[emphasis added]

Via Johns Hopkins:

Perry County, Missouri:

(per Missouri DHSS)
Perry County
COVID-19 cases: 38
198.43 per 100,000 population 4/16/2020

[emphasis added]

Via Johns Hopkins:

Differences in the current number of cases among sources is due to different reporting deadlines and issues with timely reporting to those sources.

So much for those astroturf “Operation Moron” rallies planned in Kansas City and Jefferson City this week.

Science and math, people.

Stay Home. Wash your hands. Don’t touch your face.
#FlattenTheCurve

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): What is that count, again?

18 Thursday Jan 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media

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4th Congressional District, math, missouri, social media, Twitter, Vicky Hartzler

As we’ve come to expect, Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r) has difficulty counting.

Yesterday, via Twitter:

Rep. Vicky Hartzler‏ @RepHartzler
I agree with @SpeakerRyan → it makes no sense for Democrats to play games with funding for our men and women in uniform. These men and women put their lives on the line for us every day, and they deserve for us to defend them back home.
[….]
11:30 AM – 17 Jan 2018

On the other hand, her constituents are having no such problem. Some of the responses:

We’re tired of the lying. Your party control both houses of Congress and the WH. This is on you.

I guess it’s a good thing that the Democrats don’t control either house of Congress then? Honestly, ma’am, you aren’t fooling anyone. Republicans control the whole of the US government. Any shutdown is on you.

Sorry, who controls the Congress again?

Take sides with the devil? Nice.

Uh republicans actually have the majority. Nice try though

You’re to blame. You control Congress and can’t get anything done.

I thought The Republicans controlled the house, senate and the White House. Why is this getting put on Democrats?

Because she believes her constituents our stoopit.

The game is the Republicans attaching so much garbage in the same bill. Just do a military spending bill and see how quickly it passes. #morelyingtoAmerica

What about the man and women from Shithole countries that are serving in the Military? You don’t care about anyone but yourself.

No surprise here….the GOP breaks it and then blames the Dems! You are morally corrupt, dishonest and have not a sliver of integrity….guess that is why you are a member of the GOP!

GOP have control of Congress and the Presidency. Seems to me the GOP is used to blaming the minority.

Vicky, we aren’t stupid. Get a DACA fix passed. You have had SIX months to do it. Dems are not the hold up.

Apparently she thinks you are.

You weren’t saying anything about that the last time your party shut down the government. Besides, the military and essential government personnel always get paid when the government is shut down.

Maybe your cult is that stupid but the rest of us are not

Dems not playing games. Reps and Trump created this situation you are playing with DACA lives. Reps have no room for negotiations, want everything and willing to deport DACA. No, someone must stand up to Rep and Yrump bullies!!!

You have the majority puppet. It will be your little cults fault

I’m going to flat out say it. You are a damn liar. The Democrats aren’t holding up anything for the military. How many months did you all sit on Merrick Garland? You’re holding all these DACA kids hostage. You are a freaking lying hypocrite.

Previously:

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): do the math (January 10, 2018)

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