Weekly Article Roundup- August 1-5

As we get closer to the election there will be a number of articles popping up about the US Presidential election. Note that these articles are posted out of an interest for the numbers and data analysis, but I might as well state up front what party I am a member of:

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Because seriously? Who can’t get behind a message such as this:

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Now that we have that awkwardness out of the way, on to our regularly scheduled program!

* Twitter Facial Analysis Reveals Demographics of Presidential Campaign Followers

An interesting breakdown of the demographics for supporters of each candidate.

* What that Election Probability Means

Some great visual demonstrations of the current polls and the likelihood of the two major candidates of securing a victory. This was put together in late July so this will likely swing dramatically before the November election.

* How I built a Slack bot to help me find an apartment in SF

I don’t live in the city for many reasons, but this is a great set of code to crawl Craigslist ads in the search for a place to live in San Francisco.

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