From the monthly archives: January 2008

Media brands Florida Democratic Primary as Clinton's beauty contest!

On January 31, 2008 By admin

In the recently concluded Democratic Primary more than 1.684 million voted, that is 30,000 more votes than the combined votes for all of the previous caucuses/primaries such as Iowa (est 220,000), New Hampshire (284,100), Michigan (593,800) , Nevada (10,500) and South Carolina (530,300).

And yet, the media has branded Florida Democratic primary as [...]

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McCain's gain is Giuliani's loss in the Winner-take-all Florida Republican primary

On January 30, 2008 By admin

The winner-take-all Republican primary awarded McCain with 57 delegates. This was his second win over Romney in nearly as many weeks. A spatial distribution of the share of votes at the county level (see the map below) shows an interesting pattern where bright hues indicate higher share of votes for a candidate compared to all [...]

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Clinton's chase for the delegates

On January 29, 2008 By admin

Obama’s decisive double digit victory (55%) over Clinton (26%) in the South Carolina Democratic primary is a major setback for Clinton campaign. Obama won more votes (~295,000) than the combined total for Hillary (~141,000) and Edwards (93,000). He won in all but two counties, see the map below, Oconee for Edwards shown in blue [...]

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Visualizing Social Security

On January 26, 2008 By admin

How can we make sure that after a lifetime of hard work, we all will enjoy a stable and secure retirement?

Social Security in the United States refers to the Federal Old Age and Disability Insurance program or OASDI for short. The program was created under President Roosevelt in 1935 in order to [...]

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Lacrosse: The Fastest Growing Sport in the Country

On January 24, 2008 By admin

Lacrosse has been tagged as “the fastest game on two feet” and those “feet” are rapidly moving across the country. Colleges and High Schools are now adding Lacrosse to their athletic repertoire as the sport gains attention in areas that knew little if anything about the game in the past.

Lacrosse originated from Native North [...]

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Fantasy Football Fun: A Look at the Offense Side

On January 22, 2008 By admin

With the Superbowl just a few weeks away, thought it would be interesting to take a look back on the season leading up to the play offs and player performance from a geographical perspective. The first take, summarized in this blog, focusses on selected positions from the offense side: quarterback, running back, tight end and [...]

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Gold for Romney and Threat of Mr. "Uncommitted" to Clinton

On January 18, 2008 By admin

Economy was the number 1 issue for Michigan Republicans and they voted in large numbers for Mr. Romney. Michigan has one of the highest rates of unemployment in the U.S. Huge job losses in manufacturing sector, mainly due to down-turn in Michigan’s auto-industry has voters worried about the future. Romney’s “optimistic” message [...]

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The New Comeback kid vis the New Kid on the block: 2008 New Hampshire Democratic Primary

On January 10, 2008 By admin

Clinton’s come-from-behind stunning victory in the New Hampshire Primary makes her the New Comeback Kid. Below is a heatmap of spatial distribution of Clinton’s votes by cities/towns and places in the southern New Hampshire.

We at FortiusOne further analyzed voting patterns to find spatial distribution of where Obama, the [...]

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Gold goes to McCain: 2008 New Hampshire Republican Primary

On January 10, 2008 By admin

Romney in his concession speech referred to his second place finish as winning a silver medal, that makes McCain the gold medalist and Huckabee a bronze winner. Here are the results for the top three candidates, McCain (37% ~88,400) Romney (32% ~75,200) and Huckabee (11% ~26,600). We at FortiusOne further analyzed [...]

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Importance of Independent Voters in New Hampshire primary

On January 8, 2008 By admin

Of the 850,000 or so registered voters, nearly 44% are Independents, 30% registered Republicans and even smaller percentage (26%) are registered Democrats. And since these Indepenedent voters can vote for either a Republican or a Democratic candidate, they are indispensable for candidates from both parties.

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