See, a winger (starting from the basis that Obama is teh evil Socialist Overlord) started digging around looking at the political affiliation of the owners of Chrysler dealerships that were being closed. And what did he find?
The initial pass at the list of shuttered dealers showed they had donated, in the aggregate, millions to Republican candidates and PACs and a total of $200 to Barack Obama.ZOMG!! You see!! The Republicans are being targeted!! (and then they go into spastic map and percentage induced conspiracy theory dementia that makes the local old folks home look like Harvard)
In fact, I have thus far found only a single Obama donor ($200 from Jeffrey Hunter of Waco, Texas) on the closing list.
Another review of all 789 closing dealerships, by WND, found $450,000 donated to GOP presidential candidates; $7,970 to Sen. Hillary Clinton; $2,200 to John Edwards and $450 to Barack Obama.
But...
There is just one problem with this theory. Nobody has bothered to look up data for the control group: the list of dealerships which aren't being closed. It turns out that all car dealers are, in fact, overwhelmingly more likely to donate to Republicans than to Democrats -- not just those who are having their doors closed.Damn you Nate Silver!! /shakes fist
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