What does 'win percentage', as displayed on polling site fivethirtyeight.com, mean, and how is it calculated?
posted by PTCHFRKR on Sep 26, 2008 - 4 answers

Foreign aid: threat or menace? Help me track down this possibly apocryphal story. [more inside]
posted by richg on Jan 17, 2006 - 12 answers

Why is the polling question framed "Headed in the right direction" versus "On the wrong track?" [more inside]
posted by Triode on Oct 28, 2005 - 8 answers

ElectionFairnessFilter. So i just voted (yay) and noticed something odd - a man in the polling place sitting quietly behind a MoveOn PAC sign. I didn't think we in the US could have anyone inside the polling place advocating a specific voting paradigm (even if I do think it's a good paradigm to support), and so I wasn't surprised when a lady complained and an officious-looking man walked over to talk to the seated gentleman - but after a short conversation, they let him stay. Anyone know what gives here? Why would they not ask him to leave?
posted by caution live frogs on Nov 2, 2004 - 15 answers