Nate Silver, Statistical Genius, Says Prop. 8 Passed Because of Old People
 


The latest wrinkle in the Prop. 8 whodunit blame game comes from FiveThirtyEight's adorkable Nate Silver, who breaks down the demographics on the California vote. "Certainly, the No on 8 folks might have done a better job of outreach to California's black and Latino communities. But the notion that Prop 8 passed because of the Obama turnout surge is silly", he claims. Instead, he says the numbers place the blame at the feet of older voters across all demographics:

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Comments (2)

No. 1 · SanFranSucks

Hooray for old people!

Posted: Nov 12, 2008 at 5:43 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 2 · RainaWeather

As long as we're scapegoating, I blame the Jews.

Posted: Nov 12, 2008 at 7:57 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
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