While we wait for the results,*think back, raise a glass,*and remember fondly the meme that came and went so quickly a month or so ago:*What if only … voted? Based on FiveThirtyEight maps showing the gender gap in voting intentions*(What if only women voted? What if only men voted?) that quickly went viral,*similar maps showing gap by race and education*were followed by other maps that were considerably *… sillier—here’s a selection. As*Boing Boing’s Rob Beschizza said on 14 October: “The whole thing went from funny to saturation point*to old*in record time, and is already over.” Thing is, now that it’s Election Day I’m seeing them again. It ain’t over till it’s over. And sometimes not even then.
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