Comments on: May the Tallest and Fattest Win the Presidency http://flowingdata.com/2008/10/07/may-the-tallest-and-fattest-win-the-presidency/ Strength in Numbers Wed, 23 May 2012 15:48:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Amos Newcombe http://flowingdata.com/2008/10/07/may-the-tallest-and-fattest-win-the-presidency/#comment-15917 Amos Newcombe Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:45:42 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1061#comment-15917 So define "fattest". Is Obama fatter than McCain just based on weight? Or is there some BMI calculation going on here? Evidently not, since the source article only says "weight". Obviously the two are correlated, so knowing the taller candidate is favored, one would expect the heavier candidate to be favored as well. But fattest? That question has yet to be answered. Also, they guy who won is not always the guy who got the most votes. Are we -- should we be -- really talking about electoral success, or popularity? And did people like Bryan and FDR really have exactly the same measurement for each of their campaigns? So define “fattest”. Is Obama fatter than McCain just based on weight? Or is there some BMI calculation going on here? Evidently not, since the source article only says “weight”. Obviously the two are correlated, so knowing the taller candidate is favored, one would expect the heavier candidate to be favored as well. But fattest? That question has yet to be answered.

Also, they guy who won is not always the guy who got the most votes. Are we — should we be — really talking about electoral success, or popularity?

And did people like Bryan and FDR really have exactly the same measurement for each of their campaigns?

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