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bobbobbins01

(1,681 posts)
129. I'm done with this stupidity...your numbers are inaccurate.
Wed Oct 7, 2015, 10:40 PM
Oct 2015

And your ignorance is showing...I can't argue against a person who shouts the same thing over and over insisting they are right when all evidence points to the contrary....I'll leave you with this hypothetical and extremely simplified version of the nonsense you're trying to pull(as this example shows the error upfront, and you're relying on no one digging into the actual numbers or fact checking):

I want to know how many of the entire 3 million people in Iowa support Hillary Clinton, so I poll a sample of 10000 Iowans. Of those 10000 I poll, 9000 of them declare their support for Hillary! So using the DanTex school of magical numbers I can boldly claim that 0.3% of Iowans support Hillary.

That is your argument in a nutshell...extrapolation takes the results of the subset and uses it to make inferences on the superset. You just take every number not included in your subset and claim it counts in your favor.

REAL MATH:
Securities and Investments: $12,774,649 (I'll give you this number even though it should include real estate as well)
Total INDIVIDUAL/PAC Contributions:
$376,309,659
- $13,453,821
- $20,903,972
------------------
$341,951,866

(your number inflates this by at 10% by including self financing by Hillary, as well as any loans taken out or interest earned while running the campaign...since we are specifically talking contributions and not sources of funding, these numbers do not belong in your calculation).

So before even reaching my main reason this number is BS, you're already wrong, and the percent would be 3.73%. No specialized knowledge needed, yet you still managed to fuck it up.

But that number is still entirely pulled out of ones ass, and is just as pointless as yours. The real issue is this: Of the 341 million dollars, only $138,954,124 of it have actually been designated with an industry(the donations over $200), leaving:

$341,951,866
-$138,954,124
------------------
$202,997,742

worth of contributions with no industry data. This results in two data sets that cannot be used together in the way you have done. You've taken all contributions with no industry data and dishonestly inferred that none of it came from the financial industry, with no data whatsover to back up:

($12,774,649 / $376,309,659 (false initial number)) * 100 = 3.39% WRONG!

In actuality, unless you want to end up with my Iowa scenario above, the only thing you can do is take the financial industry donations and compare them to the other donations that have industry designations as well, which gives you a closer picture:

($12,774,649 / $202,997,742 (donations which have industry data)) * 100 = 6.3%

Now you could take that number and try to make the assumption that it holds true for all her contributions since it is a large subset of the data, but I wouldn't go that far, since we're talking people in different income brackets many of which probably aren't associated with banks, so the only real conclusions that can be made from this data are:

1) Banksters donated 6.3% of all donations over $200 to her campaign.
2) The ABSOLUTE LOWEST amount the banks could have donated to her total campaign would be 3.73%, and that is only if every untracked donation was unassociated with a bank.
3) The ABSOLUTE HIGHEST amount the banks could have donated to her total campaign would be 63.1%, and this only if every untracted donation was associated with a bank

One final note, I mentioned that real estate should be included with banks, and they really should, especially since too big to fail and the mortgage crisis had to do with banks and sub-prime mortgages(under sectors in the link you provided they actually are listed together), so just to quickly show how drastic the numbers become with that added in, here you go:

Total Sector Donations: $173,573,828
Banking/Real Estate Donations: $34,996,285
Unknown Donatons: $168,378,083

($34,996,285 / $173,573,828 (donations which have sector data)) * 100 = 20.16%

So 20.16% of all donations over $200 comes from the banking/real estate sector.
The ABSOLUTE LOWEST amount the banking/real estate sector could have donated was 10.23%
The ABSOLUTE HIGHEST amount the banking/real estate sector could have donated was 59.37%

There you go, thoroughly and completely debunked. You just keep on dividing one number by another, maybe one day you can do math too. And I'd probably try to dabble in that special knowledge you don't think is required if I were you. Knowing is half the battle.

Personally I doubt she will take us into another ground war and while I don't agree with her on hrmjustin Oct 2015 #1
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LOL ForgoTheConsequence Oct 2015 #126
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equally is a goal move, a little leaven leaveneth the whole bunch... for the purity test Hillary is uponit7771 Oct 2015 #18
They stick their fingers in their ears and yell.... 99Forever Oct 2015 #5
They share them and/or wouldn't give a fuck even in a wet dream sleeping on a pillow made of Spanish TheKentuckian Oct 2015 #6
/\_/\_This right here_/\_/\ Scuba Oct 2015 #40
I think this is probably closest to the truth. Ed Suspicious Oct 2015 #107
+ 1,000,000,000 - What You Said !!! WillyT Oct 2015 #127
Answers. DanTex Oct 2015 #7
I agree with this post OKNancy Oct 2015 #10
In 2007, she voted for pre-emptive war against Iran (Kyl-Lieberman) jfern Oct 2015 #16
Your 3.4% number was proven to be a lie already. bobbobbins01 Oct 2015 #36
LOL. It was most certainly not "proven a lie". The numbers are right there at opensecrets DanTex Oct 2015 #39
You are being dishonest and you know it. bobbobbins01 Oct 2015 #41
You are being dishonest. Read my post. Nothing fuzzy about it, straight arithmitic. DanTex Oct 2015 #42
3.4% is in no way factual. That number is imaginary. bobbobbins01 Oct 2015 #43
Do the math yourself. 3.4% the portion of Hillary's total contributions that came from DanTex Oct 2015 #44
I'm done with this stupidity...your numbers are inaccurate. bobbobbins01 Oct 2015 #129
Wow, lots of sound and fury. DanTex Oct 2015 #130
Let's just look at who her top contributors have been and how much they've given. Garrett78 Oct 2015 #132
The companies whose employees have donated the most to her campaign are, DanTex Oct 2015 #134
Wow are you in denial. Garrett78 Oct 2015 #135
I'd say the same about you. But in the end, we have different opinions. DanTex Oct 2015 #136
Contribution loopholes you can drive a truck through. Garrett78 Oct 2015 #138
Of course, all those "loopholes"... DanTex Oct 2015 #145
Nice evade tactic. Garrett78 Oct 2015 #158
Even your first sentence is wrong. bobbobbins01 Oct 2015 #143
LOL. I stand corrected. 3.4% of "receipts" then. Thank you. DanTex Oct 2015 #144
I did not guess at all...I only illustrated the fallacy in your statement bobbobbins01 Oct 2015 #153
Again, I did not claim that no donors with less than 200 were bank employees. DanTex Oct 2015 #155
Your defense of Clinton is one thing. Garrett78 Oct 2015 #159
This sums up my thoughts perfectly Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2015 #120
Lovin the last half of you final sentence... ion_theory Oct 2015 #8
That baffles me and has for a long while. hifiguy Oct 2015 #9
How do they? They don't. nt artislife Oct 2015 #11
They don't care. Maedhros Oct 2015 #14
If I had a rocket launcher, some sonofabitch would die. DisgustipatedinCA Oct 2015 #31
Great,thanks for this. nt wendylaroux Oct 2015 #90
By thinking Sanders gumper views and ties to the gun industry are not far removed... uponit7771 Oct 2015 #17
My purity test for Hillary amounts to "Is she a Democrat?" LondonReign2 Oct 2015 #52
On social issues maybe she was a moderate but not now, what on economic issues uponit7771 Oct 2015 #65
Opposition to meaningful financial reform like reinstating Glass-Steagall hifiguy Oct 2015 #67
That's not meaningful reform, that's a meme spouted by someone to make people feel good but uponit7771 Oct 2015 #78
You mean other than being a founding member of the Koch-funded DLC that has morphed into LondonReign2 Oct 2015 #73
SSH! You're not supposed to mention that. hifiguy Oct 2015 #112
Like this: Fawke Em Oct 2015 #19
We need to bring all the votes in where military action has been taken, like bombing Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #20
He was voting for Bill Clinton's policy in 1999 Armstead Oct 2015 #23
Sanders made the decision to vote for the bombing, this is not the only time, he is responsible Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #26
You handily ignord my question. Was Clinton a Warmonger too? Armstead Oct 2015 #32
Okay, yes both Clinton and Bernie are warmongers, happy, also there are more votes. Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #34
Yes, and it was a vote I think the vast majority here agree with LondonReign2 Oct 2015 #59
By the same token, if Sanders voted with the majority then Hillary also. Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #71
No one here is criticizing Clinton for supporting the war in Afhganistan LondonReign2 Oct 2015 #77
Again, you say Hillary had horrible judgment, Sanders had horrible judgment in not requiring Bush Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #95
Jesus Christ. You're blaming Bernie for the Iraq war now??? beam me up scottie Oct 2015 #99
It will not harm you to be honest about Bernie's record. senz Oct 2015 #119
And where did Bush claim the order came from for the terrorists attacks on 9/11. Iraq. Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #123
Three days after 9/11, no one could claim to know for sure senz Oct 2015 #131
He was looking for something to invade Saddam before hie was elected, you must have heard "Saddam Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #133
True. The neocons were talking about invading Iraq before Bush was elected. senz Oct 2015 #137
We know what Bernie voted, naming Hillary as a war hawk and with votes Bernie has made he is a war Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #147
Bernie knew it was garbage & didn't vote for it. Hillary did. senz Oct 2015 #149
What the hell are you talkign about? LondonReign2 Oct 2015 #157
No clue ibegurpard Oct 2015 #21
A feature rather than a bug... Fumesucker Oct 2015 #24
Would you rather have a Republican? Capt. Obvious Oct 2015 #25
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That's kinda sad. n/t Comrade Grumpy Oct 2015 #29
Yes. If captured young and tender enough they cook up quite well LondonReign2 Oct 2015 #61
My cousin fantasizes about meeting her one day, has posters in her hallway. MindfulOne Oct 2015 #30
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She led the push to bomb Libya, and has backtracked on reforming Wall Street. Facts. reformist2 Oct 2015 #37
There are none so blind... Fumesucker Oct 2015 #38
Oh so the RNC cares about Wall Street and warmongering. senz Oct 2015 #110
How do Sanders supporters deal with his hawkish views and his obvious ties to the MIC? BainsBane Oct 2015 #45
+1000 sheshe2 Oct 2015 #46
Well said! hrmjustin Oct 2015 #47
Excellent post Bobbie Jo Oct 2015 #70
I've noticed that happens a lot. nt BainsBane Oct 2015 #108
Well I just dealt with her post, Bobbie Jo. senz Oct 2015 #117
No you didn't Bobbie Jo Oct 2015 #122
That looks like tripe to me, patently false on the face of it. I responded to senz Oct 2015 #142
What a load. Bobbie Jo Oct 2015 #146
LOL, you're charming. senz Oct 2015 #148
Oh you have no idea, Bobbie Jo Oct 2015 #152
Oh I probably do. senz Oct 2015 #154
Don't care. nt Bobbie Jo Oct 2015 #156
You think we live in a "capitalist state, that this nation was born of capitalism?" senz Oct 2015 #115
You remember learning about the ideas that influenced the Founding Fathers, right? BainsBane Oct 2015 #121
I have some familiarity with enlightenment ideas. senz Oct 2015 #139
You may remember that we had slavery at the time of the nation's founding mythology Oct 2015 #125
Good post Gothmog Oct 2015 #124
+1 Starry Messenger Oct 2015 #128
Ignore it. mmonk Oct 2015 #48
Denial and excuses usually. Tierra_y_Libertad Oct 2015 #49
I see almost no Hillary supporters interested in policy discussions LondonReign2 Oct 2015 #50
Because it makes no sense to debate with people upaloopa Oct 2015 #53
No, actually I see almost zero interest in policy discussions at all from Hillary supporters LondonReign2 Oct 2015 #55
No they don't upaloopa Oct 2015 #68
And yet Bernie Sanders supporters continue to try and debate with you... MoveIt Oct 2015 #105
Why discuss things with posters that are only trying to disrupt and see hrmjustin Oct 2015 #54
I guess then we are relegated to posting nothing but polls LondonReign2 Oct 2015 #57
Sander upporters regularly trash Hillary on a daily basis. hrmjustin Oct 2015 #62
Like when HC supporters call Bernie a racist, a shill for Israel and a pedophile protector? beam me up scottie Oct 2015 #101
I will not deny that things were posted hereabout Sanders that shoukd not of but if we have hrmjustin Oct 2015 #104
Talking to Sanders supporters to me is like upaloopa Oct 2015 #69
It's a political discussion board. You're surpised when people LondonReign2 Oct 2015 #76
We know what Sanders' positions are upaloopa Oct 2015 #96
You're no doubt not looking hard enough, I'm leaning Hillary and would like to know since uponit7771 Oct 2015 #66
You want me to take seriously your desire to discuss policy when you start LondonReign2 Oct 2015 #72
Typical response, when policy discussion does come up there's usually a condescending cut n run uponit7771 Oct 2015 #82
Yep. The only argument I hear is that she's won already, so stop criticizing our nominee!! reformist2 Oct 2015 #118
Her supporters also have hawkish views and ties to wall street. WDIM Oct 2015 #51
They think it's all a right wing azmom Oct 2015 #56
funny, I have not seen one person DonCoquixote Oct 2015 #60
They do not care. JRLeft Oct 2015 #63
Look at the responses to this thread. Shows you what Sanders supporters think of hrmjustin Oct 2015 #64
Really? How about what hillarysupportes.com think of us, justin? beam me up scottie Oct 2015 #74
Way to change the subject there. hrmjustin Oct 2015 #75
You asked: "So why bother engaging with people who just want to insult you?" beam me up scottie Oct 2015 #80
Glad we agree. hrmjustin Oct 2015 #81
Yes. The things said about Bernistas at that site are far worse than anything we post here. beam me up scottie Oct 2015 #83
I don't know why you would even bother talkiing to people that post there. hrmjustin Oct 2015 #84
Because hypocrisy. beam me up scottie Oct 2015 #85
Look your attemot to bait me into a hide is clear. hrmjustin Oct 2015 #86
I'm not baiting you, just posting proof of the hypocrisy. beam me up scottie Oct 2015 #88
Wait a minute. Curmudgeoness Oct 2015 #89
We are not the only ones to have an offsite group. hrmjustin Oct 2015 #97
So that is your excuse for saying horrible things Curmudgeoness Oct 2015 #100
What horrible things did I personally say? hrmjustin Oct 2015 #102
Be careful about posting screenshots, they try to get those posts hidden. beam me up scottie Oct 2015 #109
Don't worry. Curmudgeoness Oct 2015 #111
So basically you can't answer the question. hrmjustin Oct 2015 #114
That sight is not DU... uponit7771 Oct 2015 #87
There are plenty of insulting things said here, too Rob H. Oct 2015 #91
Yes there are, but they don't get away with the most vile stuff. beam me up scottie Oct 2015 #92
It wouldn't have helped persuade any fence-sitters Rob H. Oct 2015 #93
If they're so proud of it why not get a bumpersticker that says that? beam me up scottie Oct 2015 #94
Mostly seems that they wholly embrace them Scootaloo Oct 2015 #79
Willful ignore-ance Android3.14 Oct 2015 #103
They deal with it by adopting her hawkish views and falling in love with Wall Street. senz Oct 2015 #106
Oh, bravo, senz! hifiguy Oct 2015 #113
Thank you, hifiguy. senz Oct 2015 #116
We vote for her. n/t Kang Colby Oct 2015 #140
Unvarnished truth? You gave an opinion, but you mistake it for the truth mythology Oct 2015 #141
Anyone can lie with statistics. You can call your results 'facts', but they are still opinions. reformist2 Oct 2015 #150
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