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Obama's 2008 base is cracking: Gallup
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| June 12, 2012
| ANDREW MALCOM
Posted on 06/12/2012 5:45:20 PM PDT by Kaslin
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posted on
06/12/2012 5:45:27 PM PDT
by
Kaslin
To: Kaslin
The article is a little misleading. When they say Obama’s support dropped 5%, they are actually talking about it going from 51% to 46%. That’s actually more than a 10% drop.
To: SamAdams76
You better use your calculator. 51-46=5
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posted on
06/12/2012 5:57:20 PM PDT
by
Kaslin
(Acronym for OBAMA: One Big Ass Mistake America)
To: SamAdams76
You’re probably right. Instead of from 51% to 41% they made it 46%
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posted on
06/12/2012 6:02:26 PM PDT
by
Kaslin
(Acronym for OBAMA: One Big Ass Mistake America)
To: Kaslin
The Government Crony Lifers are all behind Hillary Romney this time.
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posted on
06/12/2012 6:03:46 PM PDT
by
Varsity Flight
(Phony-Care is the Government Work-Camp: Arbeitsziehungslager)
To: Kaslin
Instead of from 51% to 41% they made it 46%Which they call a 'minor rounding error'.
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posted on
06/12/2012 6:06:08 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lame and ill-informed post)
To: Kaslin
And you need to brush up on your math...
51 down to 46 is more than a 10% drop:
((y2 - y1) / y1) * 100 = your percentage of change.
((51-46) / 46) * 100 = your percentage of change
((5) / 46) * 100 = your percentage of change
(.109) * 100 = your percentage of change
10.9% = your percentage of change
Therefore dropping from 51% to 46% equals a drop of 10.9%.
To: SamAdams76
Math was never Gallup’s strong suit. Cooking the books for Dems always was.
Pray for America
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posted on
06/12/2012 6:13:08 PM PDT
by
bray
(Power to We the People)
To: SamAdams76
Therefore dropping from 51% to 46% equals a drop of 10.9%.
I'm getting a percentage drop of 9.8039.
All you have to do is divide 51 by 5.
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posted on
06/12/2012 6:18:31 PM PDT
by
Signalman
( November, 2012-The End of an Error)
To: Kaslin
Sam was counting the ‘white Hispanic’ illegals that vote too ;)
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posted on
06/12/2012 6:21:11 PM PDT
by
11th_VA
(Keep your laws OFF my Big Gulp !)
To: Signalman
All you have to do is divide 51 by 5.
Correction. Divide 5 by 51=5/51=0.098039. Convert that to percent and it's 9.8039%
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posted on
06/12/2012 6:21:42 PM PDT
by
Signalman
( November, 2012-The End of an Error)
To: Varsity Flight
Here’s to a major war in the democrat party. Union goons rolling with black panthers in the streets, shots fired. MSNBC attacking cueball. zer0 poring hot coffee on slick. Hilda beast running her fat mouth at the convention while riots control the streets.
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posted on
06/12/2012 6:22:59 PM PDT
by
reefdiver
("Let His day's be few And another takes His office")
To: SamAdams76; Kaslin
You’re more correct than Kaslin, however I think that you’re off a little also- the percentage of change must be measured against the original value- as in 51-46=5. 5/51=9.8%. In other words, if you have $100, and lose $20, then you’re down 20%- 20/100=0.20.
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posted on
06/12/2012 6:26:44 PM PDT
by
matthew fuller
(Hussein Obama Dada is absolutely the most offensive President that the US has ever suffered.)
To: matthew fuller
Well I’ll settle for 9.8% as opposed to 5%
To: Kaslin
The drop in his proportion of the vote in 2008 vs. now as reflected in this poll is 10 percent. In other words, mathematically Obama has lost roughly 10% of his previous support.
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posted on
06/12/2012 7:02:18 PM PDT
by
katana
(Just my opinions)
To: Kaslin
.51-.46 = 0.05
5/51 = 0.098 = 9.8% or rounding up 10%
To: Kaslin
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posted on
06/12/2012 7:20:59 PM PDT
by
erod
(This Chicagoan will crawl over broken glass to vote the fake Chicagoan Obama out!)
To: Maine Mariner
Yeah but it does not say .51 and .46. Please not I did not say plus
Anyways here is the proof
Source of screen grab
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posted on
06/12/2012 7:57:12 PM PDT
by
Kaslin
(Acronym for OBAMA: One Big Ass Mistake America)
To: Kaslin
5 is 10% of 50. So it is a 10% drop but a 5 point drop.
To: Kaslin
You maybe right. It is true that going from 51% to 46%
is a shift of 5%. The percentage change is 9.89%.
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