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How the Votes Have Been Cast
You've found the EastBayRag vote page. Here, you get the opportunity to let us know what you think. Each week, we will have votes on important issues. Well, probably not important issues, more like trivial things that come to mind on a Sunday morning after a belly full of beer from a Saturday night.
This week's current vote is shown above. After the votes are in, EBR will provide in depth analysis of the results so you can find out if you are running with the crowd or if you're out there on your own. You never know, you may even learn something, but that's highly unlikely. Analysis of last week's vote is shown below. If you want to see historic votes, checkout the vote archives.
Oh! And the cool thing before I forget, the graphs update as you vote ...... Wow! And what's more, the colors are allocated randomly, so each time you refresh the page, you will see different colors on the graphs. (F5 is normally the shortcut key to refresh, but may depend on your browser.) Go on .... try it.
Analysis of Last Week's Vote
The following question was presented:
The FIFA World Cup is well and truly here. All of the teams have played at least once. Some of the teams have their group stage fate already decided. Are you enjoying the FIFA World Cup tournament so far?
Results:
Yes was the clear winner with 83% of the votes selected from the following:
- Yes (83%)
- No (17%)
Analysis:
Yeah, I'm enjoying it. Let's get this out the way first, the ad breaks that are being called hydration breaks are absolutely disgusting. I'm totally on board with player safety coming first, but i think that can be decided by the match officials on a match by match basis. Not forcing a hydration break in an indoor, climate controlled arena or at a venue when it's pissing it down with rain. OK, that's my one complaint over. I was initially skeptical of the increase to 48 teams, but have been pleasantly surprised with the performance. Cape Verde and the Democratic Republic of Congo standing out. I also think America's a great venue as the Americans are just joining in with whatever fans are in their city. The fans have also been amazing so far with shoutouts to Scotland, Norway and Holland.