California Proposition 8: County Perspectives By Alexander Martos.
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California Proposition 8: County Perspectives
By Alexander Martos
Limited LGBT Data
Census only has data for same sex households• Not representative of entire
populationProblems in data collection• Still very taboo• People do not readily admit
sexual minority status• Varying definitions of “sexual
minority”BUT we do have something…• Proposition 8 outcomes by
County• And of course, same sex
households (those most impacted by outcome)
Step 1: The Basics
So. What about party affiliations?
Highlighting the Inconsistencies
L.A. County
• Voted for Obama• Liberal?
•Voted for Prop. 8• Conservative?
•More than double the same-sex households than any other county
• Only about .6% of the voting population
…what now?
Arguments
1. Collect more data!2. Consider position outside of party affiliation– This should not be political, but personal
This concludes my Midterm presentation.
Thank you for your time!
To be continued…at the Final presentation.
Skills Used• Geoprocessing
– Clip Feature• Inset Map• Graduated Symbols• Aggregating Attribute Fields
– Joining Male and Female Same-Sex households in Excel to obtain “Total Same-Sex Households”
• Creating Indices– (Total Population Over 18) / (Total Same-Sex Households x 2) = (Percent
of Voting Population)• Boundary Sub-set Selection
– Displaying Los Angeles County inconsistencies