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To: Lake Living

I don’t understand the math showing on the WLOX site:

92% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING
Chris McDaniel 139,446 50%
Thad Cochran (Inc.) 136,579 49%
Thomas Carey 4,481 2%

Says 92% of the precincts reporting,,and the percentage breakdown is 50,49 and 2%.. That adds up to 101% ,,,how does that work?


30 posted on 06/03/2014 8:18:16 PM PDT by austinaero
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To: austinaero

They’re rounding the numbers.


32 posted on 06/03/2014 8:24:13 PM PDT by perfect_rovian_storm
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To: austinaero
Says 92% of the precincts reporting,,and the percentage breakdown is 50,49 and 2%.. That adds up to 101% ,,,how does that work?

They are rounding to whole numbers. If you look at returns listed in decimal (i.e., 49.7%), those totals will tally to 100%.

33 posted on 06/03/2014 8:25:47 PM PDT by kevao (Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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To: austinaero

I think they are rounding up just to whole numbers it is veryclose!


35 posted on 06/03/2014 8:28:18 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 ((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
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