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Voting Democrat Causes Cancer
American Thinker ^
| 1-15-2010
| Randall Hoven
Posted on 01/14/2010 10:25:18 PM PST by smoothsailing
January 15, 2010Voting Democrat Causes Cancer
By Randall Hoven
Voting Democrat is associated with over 150,000 cancer deaths every year, according to the Hoven Institute for Studies Just as Valid as Studies Cited by Democrats.
To help visualize the data used in the study, consider the two maps below. In the first, high cancer rates are indicated by red and low ones by blue. In the second map, counties that voted for George W. Bush in 2000 are indicated by red, and those that voted for Al Gore are indicated by blue.
The above maps appear to be roughly the inverse of each other. That is, locations that voted for Al Gore tended to suffer higher cancer rates.
To analyze this phenomenon more rigorously, the Hoven study looked at the
cancer mortality rate and the percentage of
2000 presidential votes going to Al Gore for each of the fifty states. The result is shown in the figure below, which also includes the linear regression trend line. The slope of that line is 1.24 cancer deaths per 100,000 person-years for every percentage of vote going to Al Gore.
The correlation coefficient between cancer mortality and votes for Al Gore is 0.594. That is statistically significant from zero when taken over the fifty states. In fact, the 95% confidence interval on the slope of the trend line is 1.241 + 0.014, indicating that voting Democrat is associated with at least 1.22 cancer deaths per 100,000 person-years.
Also, the 0.594 correlation coefficient indicates that about 35% of cancer mortality is "explained" by voting Democrat. (The amount of explanation is the square of the correlation coefficient.) Thus, not all cancers are caused by voting Democrat.
The Hoven study concluded that "[v]oting Democrat is associated with cancer mortality." This is similar to the conclusion of the study
"Health Insurance and Mortality in US Adults," cited by Democrats in support of their version of health care reform. That latter study concluded that "[u]ninsurance is associated with mortality."
However, one of the co-authors of that latter study,
Dr. David Himmelstein, went farther in an
interview with CNN. He said that if a person is uninsured, "it means that you're at mortal risk." As CNN summed it up, "45,000 deaths per year in the United States are associated with the lack of health insurance." The implication from both Dr. Himmelstein and CNN is that not only is there correlation between insurance and mortality, but also
causation: Not having insurance causes you to die.
From the Hoven study, the mortality rate could be reduced by 1.24 deaths per 100,000 person-years for every percentage of the vote not going Democrat. Barack Obama won with 53% of the vote, which means the cancer mortality rate could be reduced by almost 66 -- or from the current U.S. average of 209 to about 143 deaths per 100,000 person-years -- if everyone refused to vote Democrat. That is a reduction of over 30% in cancer deaths. Given that there are over
500,000 cancer deaths in the U.S. every year, over 150,000 cancer deaths could be averted by not voting Democrat.
By applying the same logic in interpreting both studies, three times as many lives could be saved by no one voting Democrat as by providing universal health insurance.
Harry Reid said, "On average, an American dies from lack of health insurance every ten minutes." If he can say that, then I can say, "On average, an American dies from voting Democrat every 3.5 minutes." Both statements are equally valid.
(Unlike certain climate scientists, Hoven provides data sources and methods used in his study.)
Methods: correlation, hypothesis-testing, and confidence limit calculations found in most elementary probability and statistics textbooks. Hoven used Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists, by Ronald E. Walpole and Raymond H. Myers (Macmillan Publishing Co., 1972).
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To: smoothsailing
this article reminds me of a joke
You know you are a Californian when "coming out of the closet" means admitting to voting republican. ...
I wll read this later I have to go to bed :(
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posted on
01/14/2010 10:29:16 PM PST
by
lmarie373
(*These little guys might look cute and cuddly, but trust us: they will kill you.-on emanuel brothers)
To: smoothsailing
VOTE DEMOCRAT....KILL America!
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posted on
01/14/2010 10:29:57 PM PST
by
goodnesswins
(Become a Precinct Committee Person/Officer....in the GOP...or do NOT complain.)
To: smoothsailing
It starts in their brains.
To: smoothsailing
Conservatives are meat eaters.
Lefties are anti-meat eaters.
At least as a generality...
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posted on
01/14/2010 10:38:23 PM PST
by
DB
To: smoothsailing
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posted on
01/14/2010 10:42:04 PM PST
by
shield
(A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
To: lmarie373
Well, hell, then. I’ve been out of the closet since I was 18 (32 years). Never been very good at being PC.
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posted on
01/14/2010 10:47:48 PM PST
by
SoldierDad
(Proud Dad of a U.S. Army Infantry Soldier whose wife is expecting twins SONS.)
To: smoothsailing
I’m not sure about cancer, but voting liberal results in mental illness.
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posted on
01/14/2010 10:48:30 PM PST
by
SoldierDad
(Proud Dad of a U.S. Army Infantry Soldier whose wife is expecting twins SONS.)
To: smoothsailing
It looks as if there may be a correlation with population density, too. The more dense the population, the more likely they are to vote Democrat...
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posted on
01/14/2010 11:16:05 PM PST
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: smoothsailing
I guess this explains why they want universal health care so badly.
The premiums must be "killing" them.
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posted on
01/14/2010 11:34:15 PM PST
by
TheThinker
(Communists: taking over the world one kooky doomsday scenerio at a time.)
To: Smokin' Joe
The more dense the population, the more likely they are to vote Democrat...The more dense the population, the more dense the voter...
To: smoothsailing
LL!
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posted on
01/14/2010 11:41:49 PM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(Zer0 to the voters: "Here's my DeathCARE Plan"...now....just die (quicky), please. :^)
To: smoothsailing; fieldmarshaldj; Arthur Wildfire! March; Clintonfatigued; NFHale; darkangel82
It figures, the dems ARE a cancer themselves on our body politic. A big rectal tumor.
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posted on
01/15/2010 12:16:00 AM PST
by
Impy
(RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN | NO "INDIVIDUAL MANDATE"!!!!!!!)
To: smoothsailing; fieldmarshaldj; Arthur Wildfire! March; Clintonfatigued; NFHale; darkangel82; ...
It figures, the dems ARE a cancer themselves on our body politic. A big rectal tumor.
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posted on
01/15/2010 12:16:07 AM PST
by
Impy
(RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN | NO "INDIVIDUAL MANDATE"!!!!!!!)
To: smoothsailing
Correlation is not causation, but it’s still funny.
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posted on
01/15/2010 12:33:57 AM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: smoothsailing
Depressed, dependent, chronically angry people are more prone to cancer.
Hence the correlation.
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posted on
01/15/2010 1:18:54 AM PST
by
FormerACLUmember
(The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule. - H. L. Menken.)
To: lmarie373
You know you are a Californian when "coming out of the closet" means admitting to voting republican. ... As a native Californian, and one who votes Republican, I can tell you that this is truer than you know.
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posted on
01/15/2010 1:52:47 AM PST
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
...radiation ruling the nation...
Thanks smoothsailing et al.
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posted on
01/15/2010 4:26:44 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
To: Impy; smoothsailing; fieldmarshaldj; Arthur Wildfire! March; Clintonfatigued; darkangel82
“...Voting Democrat Causes Cancer...”
...for every country, state, and county they touch.
The sooner that party is broken up, jailed, and otherwise neutered (or spayed), the better for this Republic.
They should be called the Treasonous Communist Bastard Party.
[sarc] Or am I being too harsh? [/sarc]
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posted on
01/15/2010 9:00:47 AM PST
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
To: NFHale; Impy; All
“That is, locations that voted for Al Gore tended to suffer higher cancer rates.”
If you study motivation/behavior books [examples such as Napoleon Hill, Robert Schuller, and Tony Robbins] you easilly conclude that people are healthier if they have a good attitude about prosperity and freedom.
I’m not saying it always works that way, but it does improve the odds.
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posted on
01/15/2010 11:35:16 AM PST
by
Arthur Wildfire! March
(Ayers unimportant? What about Robert KKK Byrd or FALN pardons? DNC -- the terrorism party.)
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