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Re: The Downballot ULTIMATE Data Guide

The Ultimate Data Guide is an amazing resource! However, here are a few statistics that would be really interesting – and which The Downballot may already be compiling. (Granted, some are more relevant for a specialized round of Trivial Pursuit.)

– How has the proportion of Senators and Congressional representatives, and top state officials, who have law degrees changed over time?

– Proportion of überwealthy (billionaires, millionaires...)?

– Elected politicians without a college degree?

– Elected politicians with background in the creative arts? Published novelists and poets, musicians, sculptors/painters, professional actors?

– Elected politicians who were manual laborers: factory worker, farmer, rancher…

– Elected politicians who have served in the Military? Peace Corp or NGO abroad?

– Membership in the KKK? Militias? Opus Dei et al? Freemasons?

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DM's avatar

Jeff, you did a great job flying morning digest solo. Welcome back David.

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