how does half of N.H. vote, and not change a thing?

[caradeporra]

I was watching the politico map. when around 50% of the votes were in, ron pauls was at something like 7.8% now almost 85% is in and ron paul is at 7.72%

It just seems astronomically impossible that half of N.H. can vote and only change the results by less than .1%

How can the first half of the results be (basically) EXACTLY the same as the second half of the results?

this just baffles me. because usually the percentages change as one county will be stronger for a candidate than another...

 

[devil21]

It definitely has stayed remarkably static since 50% was reported and the media started calling out winners. Vote numbers are going up equally across the board to keep the percentages the same. I really really hope this whole primary gets investigated because Im feeling really dirty.

EDIT: I do realize that the more votes totaled that percentages wont change much but it's still pretty remarkable how static it has been.

 

[NerveShocker]

I was watching the politico map. when around 50% of the votes were in, ron pauls was at something like 7.8% now almost 85% is in and ron paul is at 7.72%

It just seems astronomically impossible that half of N.H. can vote and only change the results by less than .1%

How can the first half of the results be (basically) EXACTLY the same as the second half of the results?

this just baffles me. because usually the percentages change as one county will be stronger for a candidate than another...

Nothing makes sense. Except for the truth.. read this article if your confused: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d5b_1199803199&c=1

 

[CraigC]

I agree except one thing: this also applies to when only 10% of the votes were in! Ron Paul was at about 8% the entire time. Seems statistically 'unlikely' if you ask me.

 

[anotherone]

this is how random polling works.

basic stats class will teach that with a small random sample you can accurately predict the entire population.

 

[hawkeyenick]

guys, this is how statistics work

the percentages shouldn't change much as more are counted past 50%, that's how they call elections early and be confident about it

 

[Paul4Prez]

Agreed, sadly.

this is how random polling works.

basic stats class will teach that with a small random sample you can accurately predict the entire population.

Yes. The early results were more volatile, because different types of towns were being added in. Once the results hit about 50%, a good mix of every type was already sampled, so there was little hope of major changes after that.

 

[Runnerguy]

Nothing makes sense. Except for the truth.. read this article if your confused: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d5b_1199803199&c=1

Thank you. As weird as this sounds it was a disturbing read but a good one.