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LA'S
POLITICAL
CALCULUS
A BRIEF TUTORIAL BY THE @LATDATADESK
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THE DATA DESK IS A TEAM OF REPORTERS AND
PROGRAMMERS IN #DTLA
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WE TURN DATABASES INTO NEWS
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HOW DID WE END
UP WITH THESE
TWO?
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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
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THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE
VOTE
PRECINCTS FILLED IN FOR THE LEADER
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"MEASURE A" SHOWED DIVIDE
YES NO
PRECINCTS FILLED IN FOR THE LEADER
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CHECK YOUR
http://www.latimes.com/mayormap
HOOD
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MOST PEOPLE DIDN'T VOTE
20.8% OF
REGISTERED
VOTERS VOTED
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THIS WON'T STOP.
WHO CAN I BLAME?
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PEOPLE LIKE THIS
MAN...
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PEOPLE LIKE THIS
MAN... JUST LESS
INTERESTING
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YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS
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CAN GIVE UP TO A LIMIT
$1,300
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PER PERSON
$1,300
$1,300
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PER ELECTION
$1,300
$1,300
$1,300 $1,300
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NECK AND NECK?
$
$5,710,312 $5,639,280
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INDEPENDENT GROUPS
CAN GIVE UNLIMITED
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AND THEY HAVE
$
$6,971,810 $9,859,165
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MOSTLY UNIONS FOR GREUEL
$3,153,044
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ONLY $12.2 MILLION
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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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datadesk.latimes.com
@LATdatadesk
github.com/datadesk
FOLLOW US
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STAY INFORMED
http://www.latimes.com/mayorsrace