Posted on 02/02/2016 5:38:46 AM PST by Krosan
DES MOINES, Iowa — One of the most bizarre details to emerge from Monday’s Iowa caucuses was that in six Democratic counties, the ownership of six delegates was decided by a coin flip.
A single delegate remained unassigned at the end of caucusing in two precincts in Des Moines, one precinct in Ames, one in Newton, one in West Branch and one in Davenport, The Des Moines Register reported.
In all six instances, the coin toss was won by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.
There may have been more coin tosses, but those are the ones we know about for now.
Now, get ready to do some math.
In a single coin toss, the probability of calling the toss correctly is 50 percent, or one in two. Heads or tails.
But the probably of winning every flip out of six flips is one in 64, or 1.56 percent.
The online study tool “Coin Toss Probability Calculator†has a really intense formula that explains why, but the bottom line is, the probabilities stack on each other.
You’re 50 percent likely to win one coin flip. But you’re only 25 percent likely to win two consecutive coin flips, because there are now twice as many possible outcomes. So bump that up to six coin flips, and your chances of winning them all are slim:
(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...
A relative of the coin works for the Clinton campaign...
Sanders supporters accusing Hillary of voter fraud is my happy place.
Looks like the Sanders camp fell for the old, “Heads I win; Tails you lose” trick.
Oh, and the local Sanders caucusers were found in a local park, having shot themselves in the head, re-loaded, and shot themselves again.
Everything going on these days stinks.
Has for 20 years.
It’s as if the Earth was sucked into a bizarre parallel universe.
This just proves that Hillary is better at math - don’t see a problem here.
There is nothing at all improbable about a coin toss involving a Clinton. The outcome is certain.
Not surprising when you realize Satan is looking out for his kin.
Boston Globe has the raw numbers.
https://apps.bostonglobe.com/election-results/2016/caucuses/democratic/iowa/
Maybe a younger generation of Democrats will realize how corrupt Hillary really is.
Good one!
I understand they used a coin with two heads - Hitlery’s on one side, Lucifer’s on the other. The flipper couldn’t tell the difference.
Both sides had Hillary’s head on em.
Interesting. The article doesn’t state, but wonder if the Clinton rep was the person calling heads or tails in each case, or if there was an even split where the Sanders rep called the flip in some cases, but was unsuccessful.
If the Clinton reps were allowed to make the coin flip call in all cases, that would be an important fact to know.
I wouldn’t be surprised.
Thanks
If I were a Berniac, I would demand to inspect the coins before the toss.
For common stock 12% per year increase is average, 100% increase in the year is amazing.
but Hillarys return in less than a year was over 100,000 percent, from $1,000 to $100,000 in less than a year.
allegedly simply by reading The Wall Street Journal.
Wonder if it was made by the same people who make loaded dice?
A lot of Bernie’s supporters are the young and dumb and passionate. You can bet they are going to be outraged.
I love it.
Almost as lucky as parlaying $10,000 into $100,000 the first time out trading in cattle futures. Or as lucky as finding the Rose Law Firm records in plain site after the limitations ran out. Or, not remembering who hired Craig Livingstone. Yup, she sure is lucky.
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