Reply #84: I've got a book called "How to Lie With Statistics"

[TheDoorbellRang]

that this blogger must have read.

Notice he's only posting results from one month? Is there anything we can think of that might have made traffic heavier earlier in the month -- say around March 4th?
Oh, yeah! The primaries in four states! :think:

So what's the traffic pattern over a longer period?

Here is the six month traffic graph for daily kos from last October until now. Notice the traffic increase starting in January and going through early March? Results for earlier months are between 200-300 million. Then February results swell to between 300-450 million. Finally, the end of March shows hits once again subsiding to pre-primary season levels.

Here is the corresponding six month graph for MyDD. Hovering at 20 million, picks up in January, and peaks at 50 million in February and March before starting back down at the end of March. Same pattern as daily kos but on a much smaller scale, pro-Hillary or not.

Do you think when both these sites spike again around April 22 it will be because of the mass return of Hillary supporters? Or do you think maybe -- just maybe -- the PA primary might have something to do with it?