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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMitt Romney Finally Captures 47% of America - The Atlantic
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2012/11/mitt-romney-47-percent-popular-vote/59327/ALEXANDER ABAD-SANTOS 4:47 PM
With 47 percent of the popular vote, Mitt Romney may become the president of nothing more than Ironystan. Yes, the final general-election tally is trickling in and, as fate would have it, Romney's total might look more like that mythical number after all. Well, according to David Wasserman of the Cook Political report, it's more like 47.49 and dropping, which, of course rounds down to 47 the same percentage of Americans he said were moochers and takers in a video that was one of the nails in the coffin of his presidential campaign.
"By virtue of rounding, Romneys share of the popular vote will be recorded here and elsewhere as 47 percent, so long as it doesnt rise above 47.5 percent again," writes The Washington Post's Aaron Blake. "That seems unlikely. Wasserman projects that Romneys vote share will actually head more toward 47 percent flat 47.1 percent or 47.2 percent because many of the outstanding ballots in the presidential race come from California and New York, which both voted for Obama by a large margin."
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Mitt Romney Finally Captures 47% of America - The Atlantic (Original Post)
Leopolds Ghost
Nov 2012
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chaska
(6,794 posts)1. Okay, now who is this person you're talking about, again?
Dubster
(427 posts)2. Spam deleted by gkhouston (MIR Team)
Leopolds Ghost
(12,875 posts)3. Funny thing is, Mitt lost because of an Occupy Meme
Or more precisely, a failed attempt to create their own counter-Occupy Meme by RW tea party types:
"We Are the 53%".
Just doesn't have the same ring to it, does it?
Frankly, being a 53%er doesn't sound any more attractive than being in the 47%... half the population is screwed either way. And anyone with sense knew it.