election
SocialDesignZine has a nice online gallery of posters from designers around the world, as well as Morteza Majidi’s photos of the election protests.
31 August 2009 | To the Spoils, Go the Victories
2010 |
In 85 percent of House races and 83 percent of Senate races, the candidate who spent the most money ended up winning. |
2008 |
“In 93 percent of House of Representatives races and 94 percent of Senate races... the candidate who spent the most money ended up winning.” |
2006 |
“In 93 percent of House of Representatives races and 67 percent of Senate races... the candidate who spent the most money won.” |
2004 |
“In 95 percent of House races and 91 percent of Senate races... the candidate who spent the most money won.” |
2002 |
“Just over 95 percent of U.S. House races and 75 percent of Senate races were won by the candidate who spent the most money.“ |
2000 |
“The candidate who spent the most money won 98 percent of the elections for positions in the House of Representatives. In the Senate the percentage was 85 percent.” |
1998 |
“In 94 percent of Senate races and 95 percent of House races, the candidate who spent the most money won.” |
1996 |
“92 percent of House races and 88 percent of Senate races were won by the candidate who spent the most on the election.” |
There are plenty of other factors (incumbents, for instance, tend to have a big financial advantage) but I found these numbers persuasive.
Updated January 11, 2011 to include 2010 numbers.
Flickr Riot
I’m late to the party on this, but as one of its co-founders notes in passing, the photo sharing site Flickr is fast becoming an easy way to find photos of major protest events in wired urban areas. See for instance, protests this week against the CPE in Paris or the election in Belarus. See also this December 2005 story on MoveOn’s use of Flickr or the 1,430 photos tagged “RNC.”
If Web 2.0 is made of people, an easy use is a kind of grassroots media. Though the corporate-owners of such Web frameworks are certainly willing to take down images that “may offend” or hand over the goods on users. (via)
