Thread: Protesting in Wisconsin....Just the beginning?

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

I guess you're right if you want to stick to the wrong wording you used to convey your idea. Still, the retention rate was less than 80%, which is what you were talking about.

Hmm, upon examination of the wording the only wrong thing may be your trying to misrepresent it

Originally Posted by gugi

(the congress reelection rates are around 90%, same as always)

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

only 9% of those who ran for reelection lost

If you missed the emphasis in blue I am talking about reelection, which is something that quantifies what the voters do, not retention, which also includes what what the non-runners-for-election do.
No matter how much squirming you do this is the conventional way to count - e.g. the percentages of winning or losing are determined by

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votes for a given candidate / total legally cast votes

and not by say

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votes for a given candidate / number of elegible voters

Your postulate that politicians do not run for reelection only when the voters are disgusted with them is just wrong. Sometimes they die, sometimes they're too old, sometimes they want to make money in a different way, sometimes they don't want their dirty laundry aired in public, sometimes they 'want to spend more time with their family'....

Just say 'uncle' and double check the dictionary next time you want to do your pedantic thing