sol@fire__exit·Jul 27, 2016Replying to @KFILE @BuzzFeedAndrew and @vgrboth misrepresent proportion of black americans by roughly the same amount (24.8% vs 0.07%, pop proportion is 12.6%)222
sol@fire__exit·Jul 27, 2016Replying to @fire__exit @BuzzFeedAndrew and @vgrin fact, all groups mentioned here are overrepresented compared to general pop. delegates selected at lower level11
sol@fire__exit·Jul 27, 2016Replying to @fire__exit @BuzzFeedAndrew and @vgrthese groups seem more successful campaigning in democratic party elections11
sol@fire__exit·Jul 27, 2016Replying to @fire__exit @BuzzFeedAndrew and @vgreh my ballpark guess didn't pan out with latino asian american 6.1% delegates vs 4.8% pop latino: 15.6% vs 16.3%1
sol@fire__exit·Jul 27, 2016Replying to @fire__exit @BuzzFeedAndrew and @vgrbut the lgbtq one is what struck me as blatantly wild: 13.3% of delegates vs anywhere from 1-5% of pop??22
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @fire__exit and @BuzzFeedAndrewwhere are you getting the population percentages? I'd say that's really hard to get at...closet dynamics and all1:43 AM · Jul 27, 2016
sol@fire__exit·Jul 27, 2016Replying to @vgr and @BuzzFeedAndrewrace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_the_United_States#Race_and_ethnicity… lgbt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_demographics_of_the_United_States… lgbt one has many different figures bc of reasons you said11