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To: hobbes1
... he would have to steal 80% of those 573.

Is this some kind of public school math? By my calculations, slightly less than 61% would do it.

109 posted on 12/16/2004 1:09:13 PM PST by Real Cynic No More (Al-Jazeera is to the Iraqi War as CBS was to the Vietnam War.)
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To: Real Cynic No More; RogerWilko
I believe you are both right - 348 votes, which is less than 61%, does it.

Here's how I figure it. Subtract the current margin of victory from the number of uncounted ballots, and split the remainder. That gives you how many the current winner needs to stay ahead.

So for Dino to win, he needs to beat (573-121)/2, which is 226, or about 40% of 573.

230 posted on 12/16/2004 10:04:06 PM PST by ThePythonicCow (Welcome home, Vietnam Vets.)
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