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isawagoose t1_itymhtf wrote

Reply to comment by No_Hovercraft_9338 in New Zealand women lawmakers outnumber men for the first time. by flabbywoofwoof

Maybe, but a 1-2% difference isn't very meaningful, especially when you factor in census marigns of error, and how wildly census methods and degrees of accuracy vary between countries.

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No_Hovercraft_9338 t1_iu2m2ln wrote

> but a 1-2% difference isn't very meaningful

1%-2% is the difference between a political party coming to power or not. Wasn't BRitexit "won" by a 2% majority? Id there are more voting women than men does this mean we live in matriarchy?

>especially when you factor in census marigns of error

What factors would these be?

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