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Proposition 8:

(Male in a thong)

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Proposition number 8: It is not a violation of Community Standards for a male to wear a thong at a public beach.

 

 

Summary: {‘Against’ the proposition wins. If we exclude the ‘no rule’ category, of the 82 Eligible Voters who voted agreement or disagreement, 66% voted against males wearing a thong (±10.8%, 19 times out of 20).}

 

 

 

Score:

(Agreement Votes:

‘No Rule’ Votes:

Disagreement Votes)

 

Disagreement:Agreement

Ratio

Judgment:

 

(for or against

the proposition)

All eligible Voters

28:21:54

1.9:1

against

eligible Males

13:6:24

1.8:1

against

eligible Females

15:15:28

1.9:1

against

 

 

 

 

 

 

All non-eligible Voters

13:5:10

1:1.3

for

Teen Females

8:0:5

1:1.6

for

All non-resident Voters

4:4:3

1:1.3

tie between ‘for’ and ‘no rule’

non-resident Males

2:2:1

1:2

tie between ‘for’ and ‘no rule’

non-resident Female

 

2:2:2

1:1

three-way tie

 


 

Details:

 

 

 

Number of Votes

Number of Voters

Number of Abstainers

All eligible Voters

11

17

21

25

29

103

4

eligible Males

5

8

6

12

12

43

3

eligible Females

6

9

15

11

17

58

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All non-eligible Voters

8

5

5

3

7

28

1

Teen Females

5

3

0

1

4

13

0

All non-Resident Voters

2

2

4

1

2

10

0

non-resident Males

0

2

2

0

1

5

0

non-resident Females

2

0

2

1

1

6

0

 

Strongly

Agree

 

Agree

 

No Rule

 

Disagree

Strongly

Disagree

 

 

 

Of the 103 Eligible Voters who voted:

 

52%

 

against males wearing a thong

27%

for

20%

voted ‘No Rule’ (i.e. status quo)

 

If we exclude the ‘no rule’ category:

of the 82 Eligible Voters who voted agreement or disagreement:

 

66%

(±10.8%, 19 times out of 20)

against males wearing a thong

34%

for

 

Graph 8A

Graph 8B


 

Calculation of Margin of Error:

 

Results:

Against a male wearing a thong:         54 votes

No rule:                                              21 votes

For a male wearing a thong:               28 votes

 

Comparing ‘for’ and ‘against’ votes:

 

Against: 54 votes±10.8%=54 votes ±5.8 votes = a range of 48.2 to 59.8

For:        28 votes±10.8%=28 votes ±3.0 votes = a range of 25 to 31.

 

            Because the ranges do not overlap, the difference in the two number is statistically significant.

 

Discussion of Results for Proposition Number 8:

 

 

            The people voted that a male cannot wear a thong on an undesignated public beach by a margin of almost 2:1

            Teen females voted for males wearing a thong (1.6:1). Non-resident Voters were 2:1 in favour of males wearing a thong.

 

Voter Comments Section:

 

Ifs/ands/buts/comments on the following proposition: 8. It is not a violation of  Community Standards for a male to wear a thong at a public beach.

 

[Comments are typed as the various authors wrote them with no correction of spelling or editing.  Editors notes are placed within square brackets.]

 

[legend: M=male, F=female, number is age, X=not specified.]

 

 

1.

F17 

 Time and place.

2.

F50s

 Thong shouldn’t be seen at public beaches by male or female.

3.

F30s

 Separate beach.

4.

F20-25 

 To each their own but its not very attractive.

5.

M20-25

 Depends on male and how his general overall state is.

6.

F20-25  

 Depends on culture.

7.

F60

All males should wear proper swimwear.

8.

F26

Don’t wanna see it, but hey, good for a laugh:)

 

 

-end of proposition 8-

 

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