President Trump promised to fill the appeals courts with “my judges.” They have formed a nearly united phalanx to defend his agenda from legal challenges.

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    14 hours ago

    Should just say “11 to 1”, or “over 11 to 1”. That mess of a ratio isn’t worth the fraction of accuracy it represents.

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      14 hours ago

      The president’s appointees voted to allow his policies to take effect 133 times and voted against them only 12 times.

      They’re using the actual numbers, why would they reduce?

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        Ratios (eg ‘x to y’) are used to simplify data. If they’re just going to use the numbers as they are, then just say 133 out of 145. As is, it’s just a mess that most people won’t bother trying to figure out or internalize.

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          it’s not a ratio, though, it’s like when they say a supreme court decision passed “5 to 4”, it means five in favor, four against