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spooky3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-04 12:19 AM
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33. no, you're not reading the table correctly.
It is confusing.

But what the table says is that 12% of all of the voters were satisfied and 5% were enthusiastic about Bush. Half of the 12% and about 1/3 of the 5% voted for Edwards. In other words, less than 8 percentage points of those who voted tonight went for Edwards and were either satisfied or enthusiastic about *. He got about 35% of the vote. Therefore, 35-8, or 27 percent of the voters went for Edwards and were either dissatisfied or angry with Bush. In other words, more than 3 times the number of people who voted for Edwards were angry or dissatisfied rather than satisfied or enthusiastic.
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