[Kaslin]

You better use your calculator. 51-46=5

[SamAdams76]

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%.

[11th_VA]

Sam was counting the ‘white Hispanic’ illegals that vote too ;)

[katana]

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.

[Maine Mariner]

.51-.46 = 0.05

5/51 = 0.098 = 9.8% or rounding up 10%

[Norman Bates]

5 is 10% of 50. So it is a 10% drop but a 5 point drop.