{"id":13894,"date":"2012-12-14T08:30:37","date_gmt":"2012-12-14T15:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/?p=13894"},"modified":"2012-12-17T15:48:54","modified_gmt":"2012-12-17T22:48:54","slug":"the-data-idaho-legislators-educational-backgrounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/12\/14\/the-data-idaho-legislators-educational-backgrounds\/","title":{"rendered":"The Data: Idaho Legislators&#8217; Educational Backgrounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last couple of weeks we&#8217;ve been writing about the demographic make-up of the 2013 Idaho Legislature and how demographics can influence policy.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve explored lawmakers&#8217; <a title=\"How Lawmakers\u2019 Day Jobs Affect Policy Decisions In Idaho\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/12\/10\/how-lawmakers-day-jobs-affect-policy-decisions-in-idaho\/\" target=\"_blank\">occupations<\/a>, their <a title=\"Idaho Has Older-Than-Average Legislature, Does Age Matter?\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/12\/05\/idaho-has-older-than-average-legislature-does-age-matter\/\" target=\"_blank\">ages<\/a>, the <a title=\"Idaho\u2019s Legislature Has More Women Than Most States\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/12\/06\/idahos-legislature-has-more-women-than-most-states\/\" target=\"_blank\">male-female<\/a> split, <a title=\"Legislators\u2019 Religions Align Closely With Idahoans, Except For Catholics And Mormons\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/12\/13\/legislators-religions-align-closely-with-idahoans-except-for-catholics-and-mormons\/\" target=\"_blank\">religious affiliation<\/a>, and <a title=\"PhDs, MDs And JDs Among Idaho Lawmakers\u2019 Diverse Educational Backgrounds\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/12\/12\/phds-mds-and-jds-among-idaho-lawmakers-diverse-educational-backgrounds\/\" target=\"_blank\">education<\/a>. Then, we got this tweet:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"fancybox\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/12\/SLFisher-Tweet1.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13897\" title=\"SLFisher Tweet\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/12\/SLFisher-Tweet1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/12\/SLFisher-Tweet1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/12\/SLFisher-Tweet1-300x71.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a>So, here&#8217;s the data.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>[spreadsheet key=&#8221;0AiLU6Cs5LWZIdDRJMGIzdFljYUkyNVZVVElkSnVNd1E&#8221; source=&#8221;Project Vote Smart, Idaho Legislature, Legislator Interviews&#8221; sheet=0 filter=1 paginate=1 sortable=1]<\/p>\n<p class=\"source\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/a\/boisestate.edu\/spreadsheet\/ccc?key=0AiLU6Cs5LWZIdDRJMGIzdFljYUkyNVZVVElkSnVNd1E#gid=0\" target=\"_blank\">Download the data<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This information was collected from the Idaho Legislature&#8217;s website, Project Vote Smart, and through interviews with Idaho legislators.<\/p>\n<p><em>*The above table has been updated to reflect the fact that Rep. Mark Patterson didn&#8217;t graduated from USC, as <a title=\"Idaho Rep. Patterson Clarifies Education Background After False Info Spread\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/12\/17\/idaho-rep-patterson-clarifies-education-background-after-false-info-spread\/\" target=\"_blank\">was originally reported<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last couple of weeks we&#8217;ve been writing about the demographic make-up of the 2013 Idaho Legislature and how demographics can influence policy. We&#8217;ve explored lawmakers&#8217; occupations, their ages, the male-female split, religious affiliation, and education. Then, we got this tweet: So, here&#8217;s the data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":13902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[210,24],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13894"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}