06-12-2018, 07:15 PM
Since we already have an "Interesting Maps Thread", and it's been pretty successful, I thought I ought to set up a sequel! This one is a place to post any interesting graphs, charts, or tables that you've found online - or made yourself .
This is a cross-post from the old forum, so I'll start off with the same table I started with on there. It's a weird correlation that somebody pointed out to me, between the FIFA World Cup and the USA's congressional midterm elections, which had held true since 1982. If the USA has made the second round of the World Cup, then Republicans have made gains in the House of Representatives in that year's midterms. On the other hand, if the USA has failed to make it out of the first round (or failed to qualify altogether), then Democrats have made gains in the House in that year's midterms:
Of course, these kinds of spurious patterns are made to be broken (see here) - but, I'll be interested to see whether it holds true for another year in 2018....
This is a cross-post from the old forum, so I'll start off with the same table I started with on there. It's a weird correlation that somebody pointed out to me, between the FIFA World Cup and the USA's congressional midterm elections, which had held true since 1982. If the USA has made the second round of the World Cup, then Republicans have made gains in the House of Representatives in that year's midterms. On the other hand, if the USA has failed to make it out of the first round (or failed to qualify altogether), then Democrats have made gains in the House in that year's midterms:
Of course, these kinds of spurious patterns are made to be broken (see here) - but, I'll be interested to see whether it holds true for another year in 2018....