LA'S
POLITICAL
CALCULUS
A BRIEF TUTORIAL BY THE @LATDATADESK
THE DATA DESK IS A TEAM OF REPORTERS AND
         PROGRAMMERS IN #DTLA
WE TURN DATABASES INTO NEWS
HOW DID WE END
 UP WITH THESE
     TWO?
MARCH 5 PRIMARY
1          33.1%
     ERIC GARCETTI
     121,930 VOTES


2          29.0%
     WENDY GREUEL
     106,748 VOTES


3          16.3%
     KEVIN JAMES
     60,154 VOTES


4          15.9%
     JAN PERRY
     58,472 VOTES
THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE
        VOTE
  PRECINCTS FILLED IN FOR THE LEADER
"MEASURE A" SHOWED DIVIDE
           YES         NO
    PRECINCTS FILLED IN FOR THE LEADER
       CHECK YOUR
http://www.latimes.com/mayormap
            HOOD
MOST PEOPLE DIDN'T VOTE




                   20.8% OF
                REGISTERED
              VOTERS VOTED
RIDICULOUS!
THIS WON'T STOP.
WHO CAN I BLAME?
PEOPLE LIKE THIS
MAN...
PEOPLE LIKE THIS
MAN...      JUST LESS
          INTERESTING
THEY AIN'T FREE
$1,120
$1,600
$8,000
YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS
         CAN GIVE UP TO A LIMIT

$1,300
                  PER PERSON

$1,300
         $1,300
            PER ELECTION

$1,300
       $1,300
$1,300 $1,300
    NECK AND NECK?

$



    $5,710,312   $5,639,280
NOT SO FAST!
INDEPENDENT GROUPS
 CAN GIVE UNLIMITED
    AND THEY HAVE

$



    $6,971,810   $9,859,165
MOSTLY UNIONS FOR GREUEL



       $3,153,044
ONLY $12.2 MILLION
                  STATE OF THE RACE

                %


                                                                                                           ?
                                            50%                              40%                           10%
Telephone survey of 500 likely voters, taken Monday through Wednesday. Margin of sampling error of 4.4 percentage points in either direction.
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