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Old 04-25-2012, 01:00 PM   #652
Senator Clay Davis
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Originally Posted by Makarov View Post
I have no idea where I plucked the number 16% from. I think that I was actually trying to say a 12% swing (in the sense that the PCS would lose 6% while the WRP would gain 6%) in the popular vote. I don't know if that is how one is supposed to measure "vote swing" however?
If its just one party the change comes from, you are correct sir. A gain must be offset by someone else's lose, so if it goes from 34-40, its a 12 point swing because its +6 for one, and -6 for another.
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