How is adjusting for population size disingenuous? We do it all the time. When we compare death rates in cities we adjust it for the size of the city. When we compare cancer survival rates we adjust it for population size. When we compare crime rates between years we do it as incidence in 100,000 etc etc
For what's it worth it doesn't tell the whole story. I agree. But the question is to then look into why this seeming imbalance exists rather than pretend it doesn't.
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The same representations were made after Brexit when remainers claim the Brexit decision was not the will of the British people because they say only 37% or so of the population actually voted in the referendum
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That's not the same thing. The only thing it shares is the use of a percentage as a measurement. You're not comparing anything in that. Do you just distrust percentages as a concept?