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Re:The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after vo... by saynsedit on Friday June 24, 2016 @01:06PM (#11971524)
The support of Trump has data behind it.

Second-hand anecdotes of people claiming they'll vote for Trump just to see the system come down is not data.

Without data, it may be such a minority of people that it's not worth significant consideration in a discussion. I'm apt to believe it's an extreme minority given it's an extreme view.

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Re:The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after vo... by mikeash on Friday June 24, 2016 @01:17PM (#11971620)
Maybe so, and maybe people who voted in the EU referendum without understanding the EU are likewise an extreme minority. If you want to stick with easily quantifiable facts then I don't think this is the right discussion for you.
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Re:The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after vo... by saynsedit on Friday June 24, 2016 @03:56PM (#11972932)
False equivalence, I wouldn't call uninformed voting (as they are painting it) extreme. I would call malicious voting extreme though.

In any case you're probably right. Most people who voted to exit the EU probably weren't uninformed. Google data only represents correlation. General buzz about brexit is a more likely explanation for the search trends. Occam's razor dominates.

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