3% Isn't Noise In An Actual Vote

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3% Isn't Noise In An Actual Vote

Mark Eby — 11/10/2004 12:02:04 AM (archived)

When you take a small sample of teh elctorate the margin of error is often about three %. When people vote the number is no longer an estimate. It is an actual quantifiable margin of victory. The margin of error (due to voting or counting mistakes rather than sampling error) in roughly 120 million votes is far lower than 3%.

Regards,
Mark

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No Mandate! 3% is well with in the noise! - Chris Vancil - 11/9/2004 11:07:31 PM
- I Really Don't See The Need For Personal Insults - Mark Eby - 11/10/2004 3:22:15 AM
  - Chagrin, shame and blushing. But he has no points to address. (n/t) - ebnelson - 11/10/2004 5:20:42 PM
  - I agree with Mark - Gary - 11/10/2004 4:16:37 AM
  - Well, I do, but I'm trying to restrain myself. - Tom Brosz - 11/10/2004 3:25:40 AM
- Amazing. - Tom Brosz - 11/10/2004 1:16:39 AM
  - re: What a load of BS! Nobody would have claimed a Mandate for Gore! (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 11/10/2004 1:21:44 AM
    - The Point Was They Claimed He Won - Mark Eby - 11/10/2004 3:24:38 AM
    - re: What a load of BS - Tom Brosz - 11/10/2004 3:24:11 AM
- I have this vision of Chrissie standing on a corner in Seattle with his spare change sign, that is now saying "Moving to Canada. Need Money" with his fingers in his ears yelling, "No mandate! No mand… - ebnelson - 11/10/2004 1:08:16 AM
- Try 5% when it's all counted 4+ seats in the House 4+ seats in the senate, that's a mandate! (n/t) - SteveS - 11/10/2004 12:57:32 AM
  - 1% over the noise what a mandate! Oh, I'm so impressed! This Lame Duck is just so impressive! (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 11/10/2004 1:26:06 AM
    - So now it's how much of a mandate, add the senate/house gains and weep - SteveS - 11/10/2004 1:44:51 AM
- You are an idiot seeking idots to support your idiocy and you have found them in this. (n/t) - ebnelson - 11/10/2004 12:27:13 AM
  - re: Go ahead call me names, Ed. Long agao I figured you out. The more you fear something the more names you throw at the messager. He has no Mandate. (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 11/10/2004 12:36:35 AM
    - Chrissie-poo, you know nothing. the bigger the idiot, the more I ridicule. You even top Bowser. And Bush doesn't need your permission to be President. Deal with it. - ebnelson - 11/10/2004 12:59:51 AM
      - re: Yeah, sure Ed. You flatter me no end. Non the less he is a lame duck with out a Mandate unless you really mean a man date. What is Bush ranching bicycles? (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 11/10/2004 1:30:49 AM
- So where does the constitution call for a mandate before a President gets to push his agenda? - ebnelson - 11/10/2004 12:24:29 AM
  - re: So you admit he has no Mandate? Thanks! Who's the real idiot, Ed? (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 11/10/2004 12:41:20 AM
    - re:Who's the real idiot, Ed? You know the answer to that - ebnelson - 11/10/2004 1:01:11 AM
      - re: All this does is show how limited your ability to argue is. He still has no Mandate! (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 11/10/2004 1:24:05 AM
        
        Oh Yes He Does - Mark Eby - 11/10/2004 3:16:45 AM
        
        re:NO! Bush doesn't have a mandate. - Chris Vancil - 11/10/2004 9:24:35 AM
        
        re: re:NO! Bush doesn't have a mandate. - Mark Eby - 11/11/2004 2:56:14 AM
- 3% Isn't Noise In An Actual Vote - Mark Eby - 11/10/2004 12:02:04 AM
  - re: Oh yes it is. At least 3% erroneously filled in, punched or push the wrong button. Doesn't matter Bush has no mandate and he is a lame duck! (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 11/10/2004 12:08:55 AM
    - You Are Embarassing Yourself - Mark Eby - 11/10/2004 3:08:55 AM
    - Doesn't matter Bush has no mandate and he is a lame duck! - gbaikie - 11/10/2004 12:28:14 AM
      - re: Sure any thing you say Geoff he is going to touch lots of third rails. He has no Mandate and is in fact a lame duck and cannot legally run again (as the term means). (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 11/10/2004 12:39:39 AM
        
        re: Sure any thing you say Geoff - gbaikie - 11/10/2004 1:56:24 AM
- re: No Mandate! 3% is well with in the noise! - gbaikie - 11/9/2004 11:52:34 PM
  - re: Sorry Geoff he has no Mandate! 3% is within the zone of error! (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 11/10/2004 12:00:56 AM
    - For polling to predict elections it could be within "zone of error", but in a election it's decisive. (n/t) - gbaikie - 11/10/2004 12:13:33 AM
      - re:BS he has no Mandate. It's always the way that the winner trys to redefine mean of words. Mandate is not going to be one of those words. He is a lame duck with no mandate face it! (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 11/10/2004 12:19:53 AM

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