50.5 percent would be rounded up to 51 percent if this was a republican

[itsrobert]

Why is rounded down by the media to 50 percent?

[djean111]

1. You have to ask?

It is to demean and diminish.

[rocktivity]

2. 0 - 4 gets rounded down, 5 - 9 gets rounded up

That's standard procedure.


rocktivity

[itsrobert]

6. Also for Romney 48.0 gets rounded to 50 percent

in some media circles.

[nc4bo]

3. We're not done counting yet either, are we?

But yea, if it were "them" it would be 51% and they'd be rubbing our noses in it every chance they got.

"They" meaning GOP, M$M, the entire RW looney bin.

[silvershadow]

4. All they need to know is President Obama has a mandate, just like Bush did with his 400-vote victory

(or so he claimed). Bush governed like he won a landslide.

[valerief]

5. Only the U.S. media, not the world media. nt

[Sheepshank]

7. in hard numbers what is .5% of the population?

.5% may not sound like much but that represents 1,563,905 people that are likley Obama supporters (whether they voted or not). That's a pretty significant number of persons to wipe away by rounding down.

[WI_DEM]

8. In a poll yes, but in actual results no.

[Bandit]

9. Three million votes more for Obama than Romney no matter what percentage..

That makes it not even Close...A blowout in other words...

[MadBadger]

10. Because its at 50.46 right now

[HopeHoops]

11. 3.14159 and the infinite number of digits behind it is "3.14".

It's close enough for most calculations. After that, you need calculus.

As the talking Barbie doll said, "Math is hard."

The wingnuts have enough trouble with the concept of 1/2.

On Edit: Actually, just "3" is close enough for estimating - especially when you're doing it in your head.