I could see that, though the author doesn't mention a single bit about how they "cleaned it up seriously". That phrase raises a red flag for me, especially when they don't provide any methodology what so ever.
The other question I would have is whether the Republican districts applied for the grant money at the same rate as their Democratic counterparts. Republicans, in many cases, were quite vocal in opposition to the program. That didn't stop some of them from touting the money they brought home to the district even after opposing the program of course, but I would be curious if the supposedly ideological opposition would translate into a lower rate of applying for these funds or whether those rates were the same for R's and D's. Certainly something to look further into. I'd love to see an analysis similar to those by Nate Silver where he lays all the assumptions and calculations out for people to see. This one doesn't even show where she got her data. Hopefully there will be more follow up and then better reporting. Judah On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Now I wonder how that happened? > > http://biggovernment.com/vderugy/2010/03/26/politics-democratic-stimulus-haul-is-almost-double-republicans/ > > "based on my new analysis of the Recovery.org data, Democratic > districts are getting 1.8 times more money on average than Republican > districts. Using Recovery.gov data, and cleaning it up seriously to be > able to use it, we find that Republican districts are getting on > average $260.6 million in stimulus awards while democratic districts > are getting on average $471.5 million. The average is award per > district is $385.9 million. > > Interestingly, my data also confirms that the stimulus funds are not > allocated based on unemployment rates or even variations in > unemployment rates. So basically, if the administration believes that > government spending can create jobs, the allocation of the funds > doesnt show it. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:314193 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
