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skolodji
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« on: February 15, 2006, 05:51:26 AM » |
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I think its interesting that there is a very strong relationship between approval ratings and the size of a given state.
I plotted the data from last month into an excel graph with net approval (X)plotted against the number of congressional districts (y) and the trend line was a -(squareroot(x)) graph y=-15x + 11.
So, the typical state with 1 congressional district should expect a Governor with an approval rating exceeding 60% whereas the typical state with 11 representatives should have a 0% net approval rating and a state exceeding that number should have a somewhat negative approval rating.
This, imo, goes a long way to explaining why a state like California tends never to be happy with its gubernatorial representation.
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