Free US Census data leads to analysis of Electoral results!

[Tracey P. Lauriault]

Did anyone notice that during the Canadian elections there were few if any maps on the Tele Screen?

There were no magic pyramid charts with bars with a demographic group marked on it and associated to each electoral district and a tap on the board yielding a pop out pie chart? 

Has anyone seen in the private media the breakdown of the Canadian vote by electoral district and a discussion of who lives there? 

Have you noticed the silences in blogs about organizing and stategizing around certain demographic groups, the pattern of the vote and etc.? 

Have you read in Canada about the anglophone vote, Haitian vote, Chinese vote, aboriginal vote, eastern European vote, youth vote, poor vote, rich vote, senior's vote, womyn's vote, men's vote, etc.?

Well we cannot even imagine having that conversation because our public data are locked up in the deep lurkium dbases of Statistics Canada, while our public electoral maps are locked up, funny, also in the same dbase, and the key to all of these are the Cost Recovery Price! 

How are we to imagine our country in all its diversity if we are not even allowed to make pictures that tell us part of our story?  These last two elections - back to back - made obvious the real cost to locked up data - a collective national ignorance!

I have been reading blogs about Proposition 8 (same sex marriage) vote in the US, the demographic breakdown of those results, and was drooling over the visuals i watched on election night.  Seems to me, the data, the infrastructure and the pictures can help us have a conversation about sameness and differences.  Canada however remains silent!

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Tracey P. Lauriault
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[Ilona Dougherty]

Tracey,

Thanks for your thoughts on this. This kind of demographic breakdown would be very useful for groups like ours....

I am curious as to what is the best way to continue / advance this discussion......it is certainly a critical one.

Ilona

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On 8-Nov-08, at 11:07 AM, Tracey P. Lauriault wrote:

Did anyone notice that during the Canadian elections there were few if any maps on the Tele Screen?

There were no magic pyramid charts with bars with a demographic group marked on it and associated to each electoral district and a tap on the board yielding a pop out pie chart? 

Has anyone seen in the private media the breakdown of the Canadian vote by electoral district and a discussion of who lives there? 

Have you noticed the silences in blogs about organizing and stategizing around certain demographic groups, the pattern of the vote and etc.? 

Have you read in Canada about the anglophone vote, Haitian vote, Chinese vote, aboriginal vote, eastern European vote, youth vote, poor vote, rich vote, senior's vote, womyn's vote, men's vote, etc.?

Well we cannot even imagine having that conversation because our public data are locked up in the deep lurkium dbases of Statistics Canada, while our public electoral maps are locked up, funny, also in the same dbase, and the key to all of these are the Cost Recovery Price! 

How are we to imagine our country in all its diversity if we are not even allowed to make pictures that tell us part of our story?  These last two elections - back to back - made obvious the real cost to locked up data - a collective national ignorance!

I have been reading blogs about Proposition 8 (same sex marriage) vote in the US, the demographic breakdown of those results, and was drooling over the visuals i watched on election night.  Seems to me, the data, the infrastructure and the pictures can help us have a conversation about sameness and differences.  Canada however remains silent!

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Tracey P. Lauriault
613-234-2805
https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault

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[Tracey P. Lauriault]

In what way do you want to advance this discussion?

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On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 5:21 PM, Ilona Dougherty <[hidden email]> wrote:

Tracey,

Thanks for your thoughts on this. This kind of demographic breakdown would be very useful for groups like ours....

I am curious as to what is the best way to continue / advance this discussion......it is certainly a critical one.

Ilona

Ilona Dougherty

[e-mail]

Executive Director :: directrice générale   

Apathy is Boring :: L'Apathie C'est Plate

514.844.AisB (2472) :: 1.877.744.2472

10 Pins W. #412 :: Montreal, QC :: H2W 1P9 

www.apathyisboring.com / www.lapathiecestplate.com

Apathy is Boring uses art and technology to engage youth in democracy. Help support our work!

http://www.apathyisboring.com/en/about_us/donate

« L'apathie c'est plate » passe par l'art et la technologie dans le but de sensibiliser les jeunes sur la démocratie. Aidez-nous à faire notre travail!

http://www.apathyisboring.com/fr/about_us/donate

On 8-Nov-08, at 11:07 AM, Tracey P. Lauriault wrote:

Did anyone notice that during the Canadian elections there were few if any maps on the Tele Screen?

There were no magic pyramid charts with bars with a demographic group marked on it and associated to each electoral district and a tap on the board yielding a pop out pie chart? 

Has anyone seen in the private media the breakdown of the Canadian vote by electoral district and a discussion of who lives there? 

Have you noticed the silences in blogs about organizing and stategizing around certain demographic groups, the pattern of the vote and etc.? 

Have you read in Canada about the anglophone vote, Haitian vote, Chinese vote, aboriginal vote, eastern European vote, youth vote, poor vote, rich vote, senior's vote, womyn's vote, men's vote, etc.?

Well we cannot even imagine having that conversation because our public data are locked up in the deep lurkium dbases of Statistics Canada, while our public electoral maps are locked up, funny, also in the same dbase, and the key to all of these are the Cost Recovery Price! 

How are we to imagine our country in all its diversity if we are not even allowed to make pictures that tell us part of our story?  These last two elections - back to back - made obvious the real cost to locked up data - a collective national ignorance!

I have been reading blogs about Proposition 8 (same sex marriage) vote in the US, the demographic breakdown of those results, and was drooling over the visuals i watched on election night.  Seems to me, the data, the infrastructure and the pictures can help us have a conversation about sameness and differences.  Canada however remains silent!

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Tracey P. Lauriault
613-234-2805
https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault

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