Coincidence, Correlation, and Causation in Politics

In our current political climate, anything happening or not happening will make someone angry. Political polarization has been increasing in recent years, <a href="https://www.brown.edu/news/2020-01-21/polarization" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">particularly in the United States</a>. And a key element of this polarization is finding reason to blame people on the “other side” — no matter what the issue is. There are times that the actions of a political figure or party do lead to the existence or exacerbation of a societal or environmental problem. The more we learn to understand those causes and effects, the more informed our voting decisions become. But a key part of that process is understanding and rejecting false causational inferences. Learning to sort through those false conclusions gives us a better chance to understand the true impact of our choices. <a href="https://medium.com/@JeffRoush/coincidence-correlation-and-causation-in-politics-5af56641ce24">Learn More</a>