Collectively, Where Are Berniecrats Going? Can We Figure It Out Ourselves?
I had the vagrant late Friday night and æthanol-lubricated thought that if we acquired an adequate number of observations from the appropriate cross-section of those whom most concern us, particularly other Berniecrats who (shudder!) might defect to the Dark Side or at least offer tepid support to she who-must-not-be-nominated, as well as those who are enthusiastically for Dr. Stein or other alternative progressives, we might at least have some idea of what the windvane, anemometer, and barometer are telling us.
I have no experience in survey statistics and the assumptions that underlie them, but I do have a reasonably sophisticated maths and scientific programming background and a powerful software package (MATLAB) that can efficiently crunch the numbers. If anyone is interested in forming an observational (data-gathering) and qualitatively analytical team to mesh with my number-crunching we might be able to at least satisfy our own curiosity about the direction things are going. All those with survey statistics experience are more than welcome, especially if they would recommend appropriate text or reference books for me to buy and add to my library.
‘It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future. …’ — Yogi Berra
With Yogi’s pithy observations in mind, anyone interested? I can’t do all this myself, so my feelings won’t be hurt either way.
I wish you good luck with your project and would be interested in learning about your results. Other than that, my knowledge is limited to a vast appreciation of your Yogi Berra quote. 🙂
What question are you asking here? It is unclear to me.
It’s not so much a question than a proposal. I’ve heard too many conflicting reports of polls and other surveys suggesting what appear to me to be widely disparate sentiments. I was wondering how we might augment that with our own data, the problem being getting good, reliable data. I have the necessary skills to analyse it, but not to design the study or gather the data.
Speaking as an artist, I can testify my math, scientific, and statistical analysis abilities wouldn’t help much. But I’d like to read what you find out.
Good idea to get a handle on where we are going–are you thinking of starting with a poll? Then we might be able to figure out the most effective way to stay united.
Alas, my statistical and math skills died after I finished the classes, long ago and far away. :O)
While I cannot help you with math or statistics, I can point out a few places where Berniecrats are congregating.
From Essex native to lead Bernie Sanders’ political organization
From Bernie Sanders Just Paved The Way For The Largest Progressive Coalition In History
And #UpToUs: