Graphic Bias

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Davidwhitewolf

They don’t even hide it now. Note in the right-hand column, a one-point change in “for ban” opinions gets a much longer change in the length of the bar than a two-point change in “against-ban” opinions.

Not to mention that 44% for a ban is somehow longer than 51% and 53% against.

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2 Responses to Graphic Bias

  1. Toastrider says:
    January 7, 2013 at 3:22 pm

    I… can’t even understand how this graph WORKS. I guess that’s a feature, not a bug.

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