What is 10%? (56K Warning -pictures)

[drexhex]

For those of you who are concerned about us only having 10% in Iowa, I have a few things to tell and show you.

What is 10%?

Ten percent is one in 10 people. Ten percent is 10 in 100, 100 in 1000 people. However, this is hard to imagine on paper. Numbers mean nothing to most people without some sort of graphical or pictorial display, such as a pie chart.

http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/5522/tenpercenttm9.png

Or maybe this gives you an idea:

100 dollar bills, 10 of which have a red circle over Washington's face.

http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/8556/800pxunitedstatesonedoluk0.jpg

From these, it doesn't look like much. It looks like we're barely in the fight. However, consider these images of 10% when all others are included:

Pie chart of the election:
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/2917/tenpercentwithothersag3.png
(This does not include Tom Tancredo's 5 votes)

Or 34 bills blue, 25 green, 13 brown, 13 purple, 10 red, 4 dark blue, and 1 yellow:
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/4451/10percentbk7.jpg

When you look at these, you get a sense that there's really not that much difference between them, except for the small ones (Duncan Hunter and Giuliani). 10% of 100 by itself may not look like much, but when in groups based on votes, it looks like so much more.

My main message here is...

Don't give up! This fight isn't over, and won't ever be over! Even if Ron Paul gets elected, we still have to fight in 2010! And if he doesn't, the R[evol]ution doesn't end. We're going to overtake Congress, where even 10% can convince at least 45% of the rest of the people to vote their way!:cool:

[jake]

wow, neat thread. thanks :)

[rasheedwallace]

yea yea i get it k thanks

[Xonox]

Money makes everything look better.

[drexhex]

Money makes everything look better.

So true :D

[Karsten]

We must also realize, that our percentage was just under 1/3rd of the winning Huckabee. Looking at it that way, it's not all that bad.

[Perry]

I like to look at it like this. In a state where 64% of the population thinks the Bush administration is doing a good job, one out of ten voted for us. Don't forget that in a room of ten people only five even know who we are.
The most effective strategy is getting the word out.

[NYgs23]

Money makes everything look better.

What money? All I see is worthless paper...

[Peppy690]

lol i wish i was high when i looked at that

[drexhex]

I like to look at it like this. In a state where 64% of the population thinks the Bush administration is doing a good job, one out of ten voted for us. Don't forget that in a room of ten people only five even know who we are.
The most effective strategy is getting the word out.

This is true, and actually it was 68%.

10 dollar bills (representing people):
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/8467/10peopleap9.jpg

Our best case scenario:

5 people who don't know who we are (red line)
Best-case scenario would say that those people are Evangelicals who back Huckabee because they are Evangelicals, plus one person (blue line).
Best-case scenario would also say that the people who don't know us and the Evangelicals +1 are satisfied with Bush (green line).

At BEST, we could have had 30%.

http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/6637/bestcasescenariomd3.jpg

[eok321]

we got 28% of the target audience if you take 10% of the 36% who dont think bush is doing a good job

Hang on

Get out and do someting!!!!!!!!!!

[drexhex]

Get out and do someting!!!!!!!!!!

It's 2:11 AM. I don't think people would enjoy me knocking on their doors at 2AM. Or phone calls.

I'm also leaving for Philadelphia later this morning and haven't packed.

[bolidew]

nice pics.

[ronpaulfollower999]

Someone has WAY to much time on there hands.

[jcbraithwaite7]

Man... to bad you weren't my math teacher. Sometimes we need perspective.

We are the little engine that could. We keep chugging up the mountain while others fizzle out. On some of the other boards they are brutalizing Huckabee. It is funny to see the same people who were telling the evangelicals to suck it up and support Rudy are wringing hands and mashing teeth over the idea of having to support Huckabee. If Dr. Paul peaks too fast then he will get hit even harder. Let the others shoot at each other.

Tonight's debate is KEY! Even though I have seen enough debates to see how it will work I still hope Ron Paul can get a couple of great soundbytes that get some good press. (ok good press that is kind of an oxymoron but a girl can dream right?)