#psephology — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #psephology, aggregated by home.social.
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I should be packed and on my way to #GothsOnAField right now, but my brain wouldn't let me go until I wrote some code.
This is the start of a piece of work to demonstrate visually the value of preferential voting systems such as #AV over #FPTP. There will be a companion piece to demonstrate the value of #PR systems.
https://codeberg.org/diffrentcolours/whyprefvote
The long term goal is an actual grassroots movement for #VotingReform in the UK, separate from political parties.
But for now I've written enough that I can go hang out in a barn and watch #Goth #LiveMusic for a weekend.
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A pair of cartograms from the 1906 UK General Election. Seen framed on the wall of Bromley House Library.
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And in the great swing state of Idaho, where we swing ever further right, an interesting poll on Proposition 1. Neck and neck!
https://idahodispatch.com/zoldak-idaho-dispatch-poll-prop-1-down-5-8-with-large-shifts-possible/