Congressional cliques: Community detection in bill cosponsorships
This is post 2 of 4 in the series “Congress, the Social Network” News flash: the House of Representatives is not great at passing laws...More
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News flash: the House of Representatives is not great at passing laws
This is post 1 of 4 in the series “Congress, the Social Network” News flash: the House of Representatives is not great at passing laws...More
Methodology and madness: How Trump’s tweet subjects have evolved over time
This is post 14 of 18 in the series “Trump Watch” Presenting the Trump Watch (tick…tick…tick..) New Dataset – @realDonaldTrump Tweet corpus Just how oddball...More
Burning down the house: The number of wildfires is (surprise!) correlated with climate change
By: Patrick W. ZimmermanIf you live in the American West, chances are you’ve smelt smoke from the annual summer wildfires recently. Lots of it. Eye-stinging...More
There’s no correlation between immigration and violent crime, at all
By: Patrick ZimmermanIn shocking news, Donald Trump isn’t drawing on evidence when making his sweeping statements about the danger posed by immigrants (including but not...More
Fear and loathing of a very stable genius: What causes Trump’s rage tweets?
This is post 13 of 18 in the series “Trump Watch” Presenting the Trump Watch (tick…tick…tick..) New Dataset – @realDonaldTrump Tweet corpus Just how oddball...More
The Montgomery Burns Index – Using Dodd-Frank to see how much more CEOs make than their employees
By: Patrick W. ZimmermanSo just how fat are those Capitalist oppressors, and how much do some of the biggest companies in the US let that...More
On the origin of data
By: Rich W. Sharp & Patrick ZimmermanThere is a general assumption that numbers are precise. Because of math or science or number fairy dust or...More
Quick-hit: Did any Congressmen get suckered by the Russian Troll Farm?
By: Patrick W. ZimmermanWant to know if you’re Congressman got trolled? So does Principally Uncertain! It’s….NBC to the rescue!?!?!?! Really. While Twitter has decided to...More
Pennsylvania’s congressional districts turn back the clock on voting equality
This is post 3 of 4 in the series “One dollar, one vote” No tax reform without representative representation Booze or women or movies? The...More