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« on: May 12, 2012, 05:21:17 pm »
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Something I've always found annoying is that the results are shown as % of the votes cast instead of as % of the voters. This really makes no sense since, if you have multiple answers, it's precisely in order to give people the possibility for a vote to be counted two times. It also always makes the results charts completely flat and annoying to read. Can this be fixed ?

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« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2012, 05:29:49 pm »
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     I brought this up a long time ago. Nobody cared about it back then. Sad
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« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2012, 10:30:11 am »
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Quote from: Emperor PiT on May 12, 2012, 05:29:49 pm
     I brought this up a long time ago. Nobody cared about it back then. Sad

Apparently this hasn't changed...
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« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2012, 11:21:51 am »
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I the hope to gather some attention...
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« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2012, 12:57:16 pm »
Hi,
Please direct me to an example.
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« Reply #5 on: May 18, 2012, 02:53:16 pm »
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Quote from: Dave Leip on May 18, 2012, 12:57:16 pm
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Please direct me to an example.
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See this : http://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=153526.0

This poll asks if one approves or disapproves of each of the five at-large Senators. There were 25 voters, but the number of votes cast is far higher.

Therefore, for example, it looks like Sbane has a favorability rating of 7.5%, even though in fact, 17/25= 68% of voters approve of him.
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« Reply #6 on: May 19, 2012, 10:24:02 am »
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Quote from: Au revoir Nicolas ! on May 12, 2012, 05:21:17 pm
Something I've always found annoying is that the results are shown as % of the votes cast instead of as % of the voters. This really makes no sense since, if you have multiple answers, it's precisely in order to give people the possibility for a vote to be counted two times. It also always makes the results charts completely flat and annoying to read. Can this be fixed ?

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« Reply #7 on: May 19, 2012, 12:32:57 pm »
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Quote from: Au revoir Nicolas ! on May 12, 2012, 05:21:17 pm
Something I've always found annoying is that the results are shown as % of the votes cast instead of as % of the voters. This really makes no sense since, if you have multiple answers, it's precisely in order to give people the possibility for a vote to be counted two times. It also always makes the results charts completely flat and annoying to read. Can this be fixed ?
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« Reply #8 on: May 19, 2012, 12:42:14 pm »
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Quote from: politicus on May 19, 2012, 12:32:57 pm
Quote from: golden on May 19, 2012, 10:24:02 am
Quote from: Au revoir Nicolas ! on May 12, 2012, 05:21:17 pm
Something I've always found annoying is that the results are shown as % of the votes cast instead of as % of the voters. This really makes no sense since, if you have multiple answers, it's precisely in order to give people the possibility for a vote to be counted two times. It also always makes the results charts completely flat and annoying to read. Can this be fixed ?

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"A good portion of this country has created an alternate universe. I call this place were these folks live Bullsh*t Mountain. The denizens of Bullsh*t Mountain believe many things: they believe that a Kenyan Muslim President has fundamentally changed the relationship between government and the people of this country."

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« Reply #9 on: May 22, 2012, 07:08:32 am »
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Also see this for an even more caricatural example : http://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=153863.0;viewResults
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"A good portion of this country has created an alternate universe. I call this place were these folks live Bullsh*t Mountain. The denizens of Bullsh*t Mountain believe many things: they believe that a Kenyan Muslim President has fundamentally changed the relationship between government and the people of this country."

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« Reply #10 on: May 30, 2012, 11:04:10 am »
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Hum... so ?
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Thank you so much, USF.


"A good portion of this country has created an alternate universe. I call this place were these folks live Bullsh*t Mountain. The denizens of Bullsh*t Mountain believe many things: they believe that a Kenyan Muslim President has fundamentally changed the relationship between government and the people of this country."

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