The raw data is available graphically, thank you David, at http://proveit.isgreat.org/
This web page tracks the in and and out counts being logged in yet-another-unscientific-poll, this one was created by the Science Museum. (It's in London, they expect you to know that.) (The poll is whether to be counted in or out of helping to get the British Government to negotiate "a strong, effective, fair deal at Copenhagen.")
A dialog about all things related to this ill-conceived and ill-executed poll is at Watts Up With That, Anthony Watts' blog, which was voted the top science blog of 2008 in another not-very-scientific poll. (But better than the Museum's!)
In all fairness, it does seem that the Science Museum may have some of the intended design working, at least this data desn't show obvious vote stuffing behavior, but does show major adjustments to the vote counts on Nov 12th. The poll had major problems early in its history, so one really shouldn't look at this as fair or scientific. However, the Museum is intending to provide the data to the government, so I guess they consider it "close enough for government work" and hence fair game for any sort of attention, be it praise or criticism. I'm not expecting much praise.
Nov 15: News from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation is that the goals for the Copenhagen have been scaled way back, and that there will not be a treaty produced there. What that means for this poll is unclear, but there now seems little point in saying "I want the government to prove they're serious about climate change by negotiating a strong, effective, fair deal at Copenhagen." Until the Museum throws in the towel, I'll keep monitoring the exercise.
Nov 23: Mike Post reports "I have just submitted a FOI request to the Science Museum." They have 20 working days to respond, and Mike has gotten the pro forma acknowledgment that the Museum has recieved the request.
Nov 25: In the aftermath of the CRU Email, data, code and more leak, Mike Haseler has created a petition to "suspend the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia from preparation of any Government Climate Statistics until the various allegations have been fully investigated by an independent body."
I'm logging the count of signatories there, but don't currently plan to put the data on the web unless something interesting happens. One problem with their web page is that their server reports it doesn't change, but it definitely does. You may have to empty your browser's cache and then reload the page to see new counts.
Nov 29: A Watts Up With That post reminding folks about the poll included links to the poll and this site. The result was several hundred new "Count Me Out" votes and an order of magnitude fewer "Count Me In" votes.
Nov 30: A few hours later PZ Myers wrote "Those kooky climate change denialists are at it again - we've been beaten to the poll-skewing punch on this one, a site that is collecting votes to use in demanding a strong response by the government to the challenges of global warming. We're behind by many thousands already, so it may take some work to bring it up - but give it a shot." That started the surge in the "Count Me In" votes.
Dec 1: The Museum didn't announce an ending point for the poll, but they ended it today. They reported a final tally of 6058 / 8238 but that never occurred, look at the raw data! I'll ask about it. The final tally I recorded before they shut down voting was 7532 / 8987.
Dec 3: I heard back from the Science Museum about the bogus counts. Andrew Marcus said the poll was closed at 10.15 GMT, which would be a couple votes away from the time of my final tally. Marcus continued, "we audited our database of counts and found some duplicate votes. These were removed before the final results were published." He didn't say what date range the duplicates were found, indeed, they may have refined their algorithm (e.g. adding case insensitivity) and scanned the entire record. At any rate, that says the deleted votes were 1474 / 749.
Dec 10: Robert Phelan sent Email to the Museum on Nov 12th to point out the jumps in the votes, he finally got a reply today, which said in part "In answer to your query, a database synchronisation issue occurred on Thursday 12 November. This was spotted by the Science Museum's web team and the problem was rectified on the same day. I hope this is reassuring." Database synchronization issue? Say what?
The major unresolved question is "Has this information been passed to the Copenhagen contingent and what was their response?" I'll leave that to Mike Post to ferret out. In the meantime, one can imagine a Monty Python skit featuring Museum Director Prof. Rapley saying "In order to see you properly off to Copenhagen, the Museum ran a poll on the subject. The results were 6058 to 8238, jolly good show. A grateful nation eagerly awaits your return!"
This page summarizes the raw data fetched from the Museum. The raw data behind this page is at a sister page.
The data below has the day's change in the "Count Me In" and "Count Me Out" counters and the actual count throughout the day at the Museum. All times are UTC.
| Date | Today's change | 00:00 | 02:00 | 04:00 | 06:00 | 08:00 | 10:00 | 12:00 | 14:00 | 16:00 | 18:00 | 20:00 | 22:00 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29 | 784 / 5392 | 785 / 5402 | 787 / 5408 | 787 / 5413 | 792 / 5440 | 794 / 5466 | 796 / 5492 | 798 / 5525 | 803 / 5562 | 817 / 5590 | 822 / 5618 | ||
| Oct 30 | 53 / 200 | 825 / 5644 | 826 / 5666 | 826 / 5667 | 827 / 5675 | 829 / 5705 | 831 / 5734 | 845 / 5763 | 859 / 5787 | 864 / 5806 | 872 / 5818 | 875 / 5833 | |
| Oct 31 | 31 / 120 | 878 / 5844 | 880 / 5847 | 880 / 5849 | 880 / 5852 | 880 / 5857 | 888 / 5866 | 889 / 5878 | 892 / 5888 | 899 / 5904 | 904 / 5934 | 907 / 5954 | |
| Nov 01 | 56 / 96 | 909 / 5964 | 911 / 5976 | 911 / 5981 | 911 / 5983 | 911 / 5985 | 917 / 5996 | 926 / 6001 | 932 / 6010 | 938 / 6015 | 946 / 6030 | 952 / 6043 | 958 / 6054 |
| Nov 02 | 95 / 83 | 965 / 6060 | 967 / 6063 | 967 / 6067 | 967 / 6070 | 967 / 6074 | 976 / 6085 | 986 / 6096 | 994 / 6106 | 1009 / 6112 | 1018 / 6117 | 1033 / 6125 | 1046 / 6134 |
| Nov 03 | 462 / 150 | 1060 / 6143 | 1067 / 6150 | 1072 / 6155 | 1077 / 6157 | 1089 / 6167 | 1128 / 6187 | 1221 / 6204 | 1308 / 6234 | 1366 / 6243 | 1421 / 6258 | 1462 / 6271 | 1495 / 6284 |
| Nov 04 | 193 / 91 | 1522 / 6293 | 1534 / 6301 | 1536 / 6309 | 1540 / 6312 | 1550 / 6314 | 1597 / 6321 | 1621 / 6333 | 1640 / 6344 | 1657 / 6361 | 1674 / 6368 | 1688 / 6380 | |
| Nov 05 | 155 / 55 | 1715 / 6384 | 1729 / 6387 | 1734 / 6390 | 1738 / 6393 | 1740 / 6394 | 1752 / 6398 | 1768 / 6405 | 1783 / 6414 | 1805 / 6417 | 1821 / 6425 | 1838 / 6431 | 1854 / 6435 |
| Nov 06 | 272 / 62 | 1870 / 6439 | 1874 / 6440 | 1878 / 6442 | 1878 / 6442 | 1880 / 6445 | 1890 / 6452 | 1916 / 6459 | 1967 / 6464 | 2019 / 6473 | 2069 / 6480 | 2123 / 6492 | |
| Nov 07 | 162 / 55 | 2142 / 6501 | 2151 / 6507 | 2164 / 6510 | 2166 / 6514 | 2172 / 6514 | 2183 / 6517 | 2202 / 6521 | 2217 / 6526 | 2233 / 6535 | 2249 / 6543 | 2270 / 6550 | 2288 / 6555 |
| Nov 08 | 189 / 34 | 2304 / 6556 | 2309 / 6558 | 2313 / 6558 | 2315 / 6558 | 2317 / 6558 | 2334 / 6562 | 2352 / 6565 | 2365 / 6567 | 2384 / 6569 | 2411 / 6574 | 2446 / 6579 | 2478 / 6587 |
| Nov 09 | 265 / 52 | 2493 / 6590 | 2496 / 6593 | 2502 / 6595 | 2505 / 6595 | 2514 / 6597 | 2543 / 6603 | 2581 / 6610 | 2613 / 6619 | 2635 / 6625 | 2658 / 6628 | 2689 / 6632 | 2725 / 6637 |
| Nov 10 | 122 / 27 | 2758 / 6642 | 2763 / 6643 | 2763 / 6643 | 2765 / 6644 | 2767 / 6645 | 2778 / 6648 | 2803 / 6651 | 2818 / 6655 | 2829 / 6661 | 2846 / 6663 | 2863 / 6665 | 2872 / 6667 |
| Nov 11 | 72 / 29 | 2880 / 6669 | 2882 / 6670 | 2883 / 6671 | 2884 / 6671 | 2885 / 6671 | 2894 / 6675 | 2906 / 6678 | 2912 / 6680 | 2925 / 6684 | 2934 / 6687 | 2939 / 6690 | 2946 / 6696 |
| Nov 12 | 1505 / 539 | 2952 / 6698 | 2954 / 6699 | 2955 / 6699 | 2955 / 6699 | 2956 / 6699 | 2959 / 6703 | 2974 / 5218 | 2983 / 5221 | 4439 / 7233 | 4443 / 7235 | 4446 / 7235 | 4451 / 7236 |
| Nov 13 | 45 / 15 | 4457 / 7237 | 4458 / 7238 | 4458 / 7238 | 4469 / 7243 | 4472 / 7245 | 4479 / 7246 | 4486 / 7250 | 4492 / 7251 | ||||
| Nov 14 | 39 / 34 | 4502 / 7252 | 4504 / 7253 | 4506 / 7254 | 4507 / 7256 | 4516 / 7261 | 4519 / 7268 | 4523 / 7272 | 4527 / 7274 | 4531 / 7279 | 4537 / 7284 | ||
| Nov 15 | 116 / 56 | 4541 / 7286 | 4543 / 7286 | 4543 / 7290 | 4543 / 7291 | 4546 / 7291 | 4554 / 7293 | 4567 / 7295 | 4574 / 7297 | 4588 / 7299 | 4603 / 7302 | 4626 / 7312 | 4644 / 7332 |
| Nov 16 | 111 / 52 | 4657 / 7342 | 4660 / 7350 | 4660 / 7357 | 4663 / 7359 | 4666 / 7360 | 4685 / 7368 | 4705 / 7373 | 4718 / 7378 | 4738 / 7389 | 4745 / 7392 | 4758 / 7393 | |
| Nov 18 | 107 / 54 | 4768 / 7394 | 4830 / 7416 | 4830 / 7416 | 4830 / 7416 | 4831 / 7417 | 4839 / 7419 | 4843 / 7422 | 4846 / 7428 | 4850 / 7432 | 4860 / 7436 | 4867 / 7440 | 4873 / 7444 |
| Nov 19 | 57 / 22 | 4875 / 7448 | 4876 / 7451 | 4876 / 7451 | 4877 / 7451 | 4878 / 7453 | 4882 / 7454 | 4889 / 7457 | 4898 / 7458 | 4902 / 7461 | 4911 / 7463 | 4918 / 7466 | 4927 / 7468 |
| Nov 20 | 62 / 34 | 4932 / 7470 | 4933 / 7471 | 4934 / 7471 | 4934 / 7471 | 4936 / 7472 | 4944 / 7474 | 4948 / 7480 | 4953 / 7487 | 4955 / 7494 | 4961 / 7498 | 4982 / 7501 | |
| Nov 21 | 51 / 39 | 4994 / 7504 | 4999 / 7505 | 5000 / 7507 | 5003 / 7507 | 5005 / 7507 | 5010 / 7512 | 5018 / 7516 | 5024 / 7523 | 5029 / 7527 | 5032 / 7534 | 5034 / 7539 | 5039 / 7542 |
| Nov 22 | 73 / 38 | 5045 / 7543 | 5047 / 7543 | 5048 / 7544 | 5050 / 7544 | 5055 / 7546 | 5058 / 7549 | 5066 / 7552 | 5074 / 7558 | 5081 / 7564 | 5087 / 7568 | 5100 / 7575 | 5112 / 7580 |
| Nov 23 | 68 / 16 | 5118 / 7581 | 5120 / 7581 | 5120 / 7582 | 5120 / 7582 | 5120 / 7583 | 5126 / 7585 | 5140 / 7587 | 5151 / 7588 | 5160 / 7589 | 5167 / 7590 | 5175 / 7592 | 5183 / 7595 |
| Nov 24 | 40 / 74 | 5186 / 7597 | 5187 / 7598 | 5187 / 7598 | 5188 / 7598 | 5190 / 7599 | 5193 / 7599 | 5201 / 7599 | 5205 / 7607 | 5210 / 7610 | 5212 / 7622 | 5220 / 7637 | 5222 / 7656 |
| Nov 25 | 42 / 65 | 5226 / 7671 | 5227 / 7682 | 5227 / 7687 | 5227 / 7696 | 5227 / 7700 | 5229 / 7702 | 5236 / 7706 | 5241 / 7711 | 5244 / 7718 | 5248 / 7720 | 5252 / 7728 | 5256 / 7730 |
| Nov 26 | 53 / 33 | 5268 / 7736 | 5270 / 7739 | 5271 / 7740 | 5271 / 7740 | 5280 / 7741 | 5283 / 7743 | 5292 / 7747 | 5295 / 7755 | 5303 / 7761 | 5312 / 7766 | 5318 / 7767 | |
| Nov 27 | 35 / 57 | 5321 / 7769 | 5322 / 7769 | 5323 / 7770 | 5323 / 7771 | 5325 / 7774 | 5327 / 7784 | 5333 / 7790 | 5335 / 7793 | 5342 / 7798 | 5343 / 7802 | 5345 / 7813 | 5351 / 7819 |
| Nov 28 | 37 / 57 | 5356 / 7826 | 5357 / 7827 | 5358 / 7830 | 5358 / 7831 | 5358 / 7831 | 5360 / 7831 | 5364 / 7832 | 5368 / 7833 | 5370 / 7834 | 5373 / 7857 | 5380 / 7869 | 5387 / 7876 |
| Nov 29 | 76 / 432 | 5393 / 7883 | 5393 / 7891 | 5393 / 7900 | 5393 / 7906 | 5393 / 7910 | 5396 / 7916 | 5405 / 7918 | 5415 / 7938 | 5420 / 7947 | 5426 / 7954 | 5441 / 8106 | 5464 / 8241 |
| Nov 30 | 1772 / 565 | 5469 / 8315 | 5474 / 8388 | 5475 / 8418 | 5800 / 8454 | 6106 / 8496 | 6339 / 8539 | 6396 / 8551 | 6396 / 8551 | 6474 / 8574 | 6728 / 8692 | 6932 / 8757 | 7095 / 8821 |
| Dec 01 | 291 / 107 | 7241 / 8880 | 7330 / 8911 | 7399 / 8933 | 7450 / 8953 | 7493 / 8961 | 7523 / 8978 |
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