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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 07:07 AM
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Somebody Teach Tim Russert Math...
If turnout increases from 50% to 60% that's a 20% increase not a 10% increase...
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KlatooBNikto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 07:08 AM
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1. You are wrong.It is ten percent when Tim talks Democratic and 20% when he
is in the Republican mode.
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punpirate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 07:09 AM
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2. I don't think anyone...
... can teach Russert anything. How do you think he got his job? Because he's a rocket scientist? :P
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SHRED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 07:13 AM
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3. Teach me
60-50=10 or what am I missing here?

:dunce:
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Perky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 07:15 AM
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5. Ummmmm I am with you on this one.. Huh?
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Perky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 07:16 AM
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7. Oh I got it,,,duh need more coffeer
the whole of 50% is increase by 20 percennt
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 07:16 AM
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6. 20% of 50 =10
Edited on Tue Nov-02-04 07:26 AM by DemocratSinceBirth
10% of 50=5
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Dukakis88 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 07:17 AM
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8. If existing turnout is 50%, a 10% increase = 1/5 of 50% = 20% increase
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SHRED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 07:19 AM
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11. Got it
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0rganism Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 07:17 AM
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9. 10/50 = 1/5 = 20%
If turnout goes from 50 percent to 60 percent, then a fifth again as many are voting as before. That's a 20% increase.
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papau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 07:18 AM
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10. A 10% increase in voter participation of 50% is 5 percent to 55%.
Edited on Tue Nov-02-04 07:18 AM by papau
An increase to 60% is a 10 point increase in voter participation of 50%.
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malatesta1137 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 07:14 AM
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4. the only numbers that matter to Russert
are the zeros on his paycheck. The more he lies for Bush and GE, the more zeros he gets.
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Longhorn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 07:19 AM
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12. It depends on how he said it.
It's an increase of ten percentage points but it's a 20 percent increase.
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johnfunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 07:20 AM
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13. Little Russ: the turd in the punchbowl of real journalism
He is the primary main reason I refuse to tune into NBC for anything political -- Andrea Greenspan and her bad skin is the other.
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sendero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 07:22 AM
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14. It's kind of a semantic argument...
....If total turnout if 100%, an increase from 50 to 60 could be called a ten percent increase. Of course, if you are expressing the rate of increase it would be 20%.

I wonder, is Russert's face 10% or 20% fatter than it was last year?
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 07:25 AM
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15. Tim:
If your waistline goes from 44 to 48 in one seekend, what's the % increase?
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