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HomeOnTheMountain_ OP t1_ivxeu5a wrote

Reply to comment by duncanbishop24 in Election Results - Top 5 Angry Eagle Voting Towns vs Top 5 Welch's Grapes Towns by HomeOnTheMountain_

Eh, yes but the numbers are so small that percents can be misleading. I started this because I was curious about the raw numbers for my town

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duncanbishop24 t1_ivyd1gq wrote

How would they be misleading?

(Malloy ballots)/(total ballots) will just give a 0-100% and everything would’ve been on a nice scale of the same size. Then you could even graph them in order. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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HomeOnTheMountain_ OP t1_ivygqru wrote

Right but it's not a scale of the same size. You've got places like Burlington vs places like Pawlet. So 70% Burlington going for Welch is not comparable to 70% Pawlet by several magnitudes.

I was more interested in raw numbers per town and total % of votes contributed to a given candidate (both stats arbitrarily chosen between glass 2 and 3 of wine)

You're not wrong, you're just looking for a different view than I was with this

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tossawayintheend t1_ivykzaj wrote

Yeah, small numbers can make % misleading. I deal with that fairly regularly in my job.

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