Nate Silver taught numbers how to fuck.

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Monday, November 10, 2008
Franken's Odds of Winning Recount May Be Long -- or Short

Votes counted in Minnesota's senate race: 2,833,089

Votes separating Norm Coleman and Al Franken: 221

Determining a candidate's odds of winning a recount is a function of three parameters. The first parameter is the margin separating the leading and trailing

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[schmiss]

For once, Nate Silver is making me more panicked than calm. 0_0

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But he said there's a chance Al Franken could win this! as opposed to the other day when he thought Coleman would win. Mostly I had a saucy dream about Nate Silver last night and statistics seem utterly fascinating today. lol

[schmiss]

Yeah but the more I think about it the dizzier I get. I just want Coleman to concede. x_x

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And instead he tries to discourage a recount, ugh

[chimbleysweep]

Our governor won her election four years ago by a margin of less than 200 votes. They had recount after recount. She wasn't always ahead.

DO NOT LOSE HOPE, PANICKING PEOPLE.

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that's awesome

[o_tempora]

206 votes separating. Shitshitshit.

[bellichka]

I can vote Jack Shephard into office?

[wits]

LOL FIRST THING I NOTICED TOO

[schmiss]

Christ, as if the snow isn't bad already. the streets will be frozen over with the tracks of his frozen Jears.

[djjustice]

I like the example of ballots given - "mark the box next to the candidate you wish to vote for"

HMMM, DOES THAT MEAN I PUT AN "X" NEXT TO HIS NAME?

Grrr... how hard is it to vote. Seriously. Fill in the box, it's not that difficult.