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Publication Date: 2004-Oct-1
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How Many Votes Are Needed to Be Elected President?
Mahoney, John F.
Mathematics Teacher, v98 n3 p154 Oct 2004
The presidential election that frequently features the results of political polling is presented. These polls attempt to estimate the popular vote that each candidate would receive as they could predict who would win the elections.
Descriptors: Elections, Political Campaigns, Voting, Prediction, Political Candidates, Probability, Computation
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1906 Association Drive, Reston, VA 20191-1502. Web site: http://www.nctm.org.
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