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 …
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?
Income data, education level, ethnicity and much more are already compiled – although these look like demographic analyses of districts and states, not candidates or politicians per se.
These are all great areas for research! Alas, as you know, we have a tiny team and there are only so many hours in the day. But if you dig into any of these topics, please let us know what you uncover!
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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Income data, education level, ethnicity and much more are already compiled – although these look like demographic analyses of districts and states, not candidates or politicians per se.
These are all great areas for research! Alas, as you know, we have a tiny team and there are only so many hours in the day. But if you dig into any of these topics, please let us know what you uncover!