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trailmonkee

(2,681 posts)
Wed Nov 21, 2012, 06:23 PM Nov 2012

O The Sweet! Sweet Mother Flippin' Irony! Guess what % of vote Romney will have after CA & NY Count?

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Percent of Electorate is about to drop below 47.5% once CA and NY finish up counting... Leaving, for the History Books, Mr. Mittens with a 47% Average and President Barack Obama with a 51% Average ...........nice.



from Slate

Oh, the irony. Looks as if Mitt Romney was right to single out 47 percent of the electorate, just not quite in the same way he’d imagined.

As final vote tallies trickle in from straggler districts, Romney currently stands at 47.8 percent of the vote—and analysts predict that New York and California will eventually take that number below 47.5 percent. If that happens, history will place the final 2012 presidential vote margin at 51 percent for Obama, 47 percent for Romney.

That would be a bitter final twist for Romney, who saw his position in the polls erode after a secretly recorded video caught him telling affluent donors that 47 percent of the country would never vote for him because they are victims dependent on government entitlements. He later disavowed the comments, but then seemed to revert to them after the election, when he told top donors that Obama took the election by giving “gifts” to women and minority groups.
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O The Sweet! Sweet Mother Flippin' Irony! Guess what % of vote Romney will have after CA & NY Count? (Original Post) trailmonkee Nov 2012 OP
Kickety Kickingness!!! patrice Nov 2012 #1
Perhaps his total will end up being the irrational number 47.4747474747...% bluerum Nov 2012 #2
. ProSense Nov 2012 #3
"irrational" would be another great gift! nt Ilsa Nov 2012 #4
That is making my head explode trailmonkee Nov 2012 #5
Sorry, that's a rational number adieu Nov 2012 #15
Correct. longship Nov 2012 #22
Slightly less than 1/2. bluerum Nov 2012 #33
ROFL! longship Nov 2012 #35
I remember when pocket calculators became inexpensive. I used to sit bluerum Nov 2012 #38
Here's the solution adieu Dec 2012 #39
Got it! longship Dec 2012 #40
On the other hand adieu Dec 2012 #41
Twist the bitter ironic political Cha Nov 2012 #6
loves me sum smirkin' mitt trailmonkee Nov 2012 #8
Now we Can Cha Nov 2012 #11
I am SO looking forward to this happening. RevStPatrick Nov 2012 #7
Oh, the delicious irony..... Jade Fox Nov 2012 #9
. trailmonkee Nov 2012 #10
Branded, Cha Nov 2012 #14
"Branded! Scorned as the one who ran. What do you do when you're branded, FailureToCommunicate Nov 2012 #18
you noticed.... trailmonkee Nov 2012 #20
Delish!!! malaise Nov 2012 #12
That's awesome silhouete2 Nov 2012 #13
... Fumesucker Nov 2012 #16
Revenge is a dish best served at 47 K Bozita Nov 2012 #17
Poetic Justice pipewrench Nov 2012 #19
Sandy has a sister named Karma. Tutonic Nov 2012 #21
We Democrats need to keep the "47%" meme going for the next 4 years. Major Hogwash Nov 2012 #23
I am 153% in agreement!!! trailmonkee Nov 2012 #27
I wonder............ Rain Mcloud Nov 2012 #24
The Universe works in mysterious (and sometimes hilarious) ways... JTG of the PRB Nov 2012 #25
He is Aerows Nov 2012 #26
That's just fokking Sweet! x2 vancouverite Nov 2012 #28
Kind of like when Colbert did the Corespondent's Dinner... hootinholler Nov 2012 #29
I'm just freaked out that a 125,816 people actually... trailmonkee Nov 2012 #30
I was freaked out at the time that that large a sample replicated the joke hootinholler Nov 2012 #31
And karma BITES him in the ass! lbrtbell Nov 2012 #32
Kicking for the 47%!!! madinmaryland Nov 2012 #34
Obama wins by 4 points but that's not a "mandate" cherish44 Nov 2012 #36
what a joke huh? trailmonkee Nov 2012 #37

longship

(40,416 posts)
22. Correct.
Wed Nov 21, 2012, 09:08 PM
Nov 2012

The decimal expansion can be expressed as an integer fraction.

What fraction is 0.4747...?

longship

(40,416 posts)
35. ROFL!
Sat Nov 24, 2012, 01:07 AM
Nov 2012

Well, it's been a while since I took Jr. High math. I can do calculus, but I have forgotten how to do this. I seem to remember that there is a method...

It's all in a fog.

You're right! Slightly less than a half.

Thanks, friend, for setting my mind at ease.

bluerum

(6,109 posts)
38. I remember when pocket calculators became inexpensive. I used to sit
Sun Nov 25, 2012, 12:22 AM
Nov 2012

with a Casio and take the inverse of numbers to try and calculate repeating decimals like .474747...

Anyway, it's obviously between 1/3 and 1/2. As close as I have gotten is 1/2.1062 and I have no idea how to convert that to a pure fraction with no decimal.

 

adieu

(1,009 posts)
39. Here's the solution
Sat Dec 15, 2012, 05:14 AM
Dec 2012

multiply the number 0.4747... by 100 to get 47.4747...

Subtract that from the original number: 47.4747... - 0.4747... to get 47.

So, 100*(0.4747...) - 0.4747... = 99 * (0.4747...) = 47, so 0.4747... = 47/99 a rational number (ratio of two integers).

longship

(40,416 posts)
40. Got it!
Sat Dec 15, 2012, 09:49 PM
Dec 2012

Thanks. It has been a long while since I've done that. And I used to teach HS algebra and train top students for the SAT.

It's been years, though. If you don't use it, you lose it. It really is simple.

Thanks much.

 

adieu

(1,009 posts)
41. On the other hand
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 01:31 AM
Dec 2012

if you used to teach HS algebra and you haven't used this for a while, you might want to wonder why we even teach this. I think it's not a very valuable bit of knowledge. I have PhD in math, so this knowledge is pretty much ingrained in me. But for most people who don't have a PhD in math, knowing this little trick is pretty much a waste of knowledge.

Cha

(297,275 posts)
6. Twist the bitter ironic political
Wed Nov 21, 2012, 06:53 PM
Nov 2012

knife in mittLies' back.. or fork.



http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021332785

Does anymore deserve it more?

Next to get his Just Desserts? John McCain.

FailureToCommunicate

(14,014 posts)
18. "Branded! Scorned as the one who ran. What do you do when you're branded,
Wed Nov 21, 2012, 08:29 PM
Nov 2012

And you know you're a man?
And wherever you go for the rest of your life You must prove ...
You're a man!"

That's our Mittster!

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pipewrench

(194 posts)
19. Poetic Justice
Wed Nov 21, 2012, 08:42 PM
Nov 2012


Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
Albert Einstein

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
23. We Democrats need to keep the "47%" meme going for the next 4 years.
Wed Nov 21, 2012, 09:08 PM
Nov 2012

Never let the Republicans forget it.
Don't let the phrase "47%" drop out of the political vernacular.
Keep talking about other issues, but always add that "47%" of the American voters would support our idea about it right off of the bat.
When discussing Republican tactics, weave the phrase "47%" in to the discussion, any way we can, at the start, in the middle, or at the end.
Tag everything the Republicans say from now on with "47%".


JTG of the PRB

(5,103 posts)
25. The Universe works in mysterious (and sometimes hilarious) ways...
Wed Nov 21, 2012, 09:24 PM
Nov 2012

This is beyond delightful, and it really puts a beautiful cap on the election! A very fitting margin for Mittens!

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
26. He is
Wed Nov 21, 2012, 09:24 PM
Nov 2012

and always was an asshole. It truly is no surprise why he lost. He and his wife are about the most unpleasant human beings to hit the political landscape for decades. I think I like Newt and Callista more than this asshole and Ann - and that's saying something.

trailmonkee

(2,681 posts)
30. I'm just freaked out that a 125,816 people actually...
Thu Nov 22, 2012, 01:19 AM
Nov 2012

Took the time out, to rate a joke on the CNN website?

hootinholler

(26,449 posts)
31. I was freaked out at the time that that large a sample replicated the joke
Thu Nov 22, 2012, 01:54 AM
Nov 2012

Kinda poetic, like Mitt's number is.



lbrtbell

(2,389 posts)
32. And karma BITES him in the ass!
Thu Nov 22, 2012, 02:21 AM
Nov 2012

Tough being part of the 47%, isn't it, Mittens?

P.S. - Go fuck yourself.

cherish44

(2,566 posts)
36. Obama wins by 4 points but that's not a "mandate"
Sat Nov 24, 2012, 03:43 AM
Nov 2012

Bush LOSES the popular vote but is given a free pass to do whatever the hell wants by the GOP. Yep...

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