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We Checked the Iowa Caucus Math. Here’s Where It Didn’t Add Up. (still counting)
NY Times ^
| 2/14/20
| Keith Collins, Denise Lu, Charlie Smart
Posted on 02/14/2020 3:18:22 PM PST by Libloather
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What it means When the totals dont match up, it is difficult to determine which count is accurate.
Whew! Good thing that the NY Times points that out for those who can't figure it out for themselves. Just thinking, no matter how bad the USPS may be, should the results be mailed in next time? It would speed things up a bit.
To: Libloather
“Math is hard”
1-2-3-4-5...
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posted on
02/14/2020 3:19:48 PM PST
by
Zathras
To: Zathras
It looks like we now know how many New York Slimes reporters it takes to screw in a light bulb—three!
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posted on
02/14/2020 3:22:47 PM PST
by
cgbg
(The Democratic Party is morphing into the Donner Party)
To: Zathras
That pretty much sums it up. They’re DEMOCRATS, and math is hard.
To: All
Mission Accomplished they kept Bernie from winning. They could not allow Bernie to win the first two primaries. He would have too much momentum and the screw job would be too obvious.
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posted on
02/14/2020 3:23:41 PM PST
by
gibsonguy
To: Libloather
complex mathNothing that can't be done in Excel.
To: Libloather
Whew! Good thing that the NY Times points that out for those who can't figure it out for themselves. Well, I mean to be fair, they are writing for people who'd read that rag.
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posted on
02/14/2020 3:27:05 PM PST
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: Libloather
There has often been some fuzziness in the way the results of the Iowa caucuses were calculated and reported. ... The transparency provided the public with its first opportunity to check the complex math that determines which candidates get the delegates they need to win the Democratic nomination. It's math, it should not be complicated. How hard can it possibly be to tabulate the results and use them to proportionally allocate delegates?
I'm thinking that any fuzziness or complication are more for the purpose of giving the DemocRATs a way to manipulate the outcome without being too obvious about it.
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posted on
02/14/2020 3:37:36 PM PST
by
exDemMom
(Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org)
To: exDemMom
They need to hire a republican accountant to figure it out.
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posted on
02/14/2020 3:42:46 PM PST
by
fproy2222
To: Libloather
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posted on
02/14/2020 3:45:33 PM PST
by
Pilgrim's Progress
(http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
To: Libloather
NY Times = lie,after lie,after lie,after lie!
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posted on
02/14/2020 3:54:11 PM PST
by
Gay State Conservative
(The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
To: Libloather
Math is easy. Fraudulent math is harder.
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posted on
02/14/2020 3:59:20 PM PST
by
dynachrome
(Build the wall, deport them all. And send her back!)
To: Libloather
well, i’ll give NYT credit for one thing: they can at least do election math (unlike your garden variety Democrats) ...
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posted on
02/14/2020 4:07:03 PM PST
by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
To: gibsonguy
the screw job would be too obvious.It's still obvious.
To: Libloather
“Complex math”? Um, no, partial differential equations is complex math. This is addition and multiplication, with a healthy dose of thumb-on-the-scale. The complex part is not getting caught.
To: Libloather
They were using the app as a cover to manipulate the tally.
When the app failed they panicked.
It's taking a long time because they have to find a way to reconcile the actual numbers and the manipulated numbers.
To: Libloather
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posted on
02/14/2020 4:12:43 PM PST
by
motor_racer
(If you don't read the news, you are uninformed. If you read the news, you are misinformed.)
To: Libloather
I'm not really surprised that they've screwed up so badly. Iowa, home of the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, has gone from always being near the top in the nation in math and reading to the great middle of the pack. Undoubtedly, the Dim portion of the population has caused most of the slide.
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posted on
02/14/2020 4:13:01 PM PST
by
VanShuyten
("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
To: Libloather
I looked down the mistakes list & with some proper attention to detail, it looks to me like the “boo boos” should have been caught - the greater majority, anyway. What a cluster ... Dems can’t be trusted to do anything, but we knew that already.
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posted on
02/14/2020 4:14:14 PM PST
by
Qiviut
(President Trump: defies political gravity - MAGA! Nasty Nan is a walking obscenity.)
To: Libloather
The big problem is that, this time, the count was done with chain of custody and accountability. That app fer shur messed things up!
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posted on
02/14/2020 4:32:57 PM PST
by
DBrow
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