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To: Political Junkie Too
Nice chart.

But...

”GOP Gain” – The difference between the GOP EV and the current number of seats (179), rounded down.

Why round down? Why not just round off. I'd be glad to take a 30.51 and call it a 32. ;)

22 posted on 07/24/2010 11:29:16 AM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: InterceptPoint
I thought about that, but the reality is that you can't take a partial seat. Since it's based on the probabilistic mean, I figured that you have to earn it outright, which is why I round down.

Next week, I'll resize the chart to not be so big when posted.

-PJ

23 posted on 07/24/2010 11:44:13 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ("Comprehensive" reform bills only end up as incomprehensible messes.)
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