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upaloopa

(11,417 posts)
Mon Dec 28, 2015, 12:18 PM Dec 2015

Re Hillary's most admired status

The percentage is the percent of the total which is 100 that got compared to all the other women listed. It is not like a political poll.

If the number of women were less her percentage would go up as a percent of the total. The opposite is true.

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Re Hillary's most admired status (Original Post) upaloopa Dec 2015 OP
Thanks. (nt) NurseJackie Dec 2015 #1
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2015 #2
How many others out of 100 would agree with you MoonRiver Dec 2015 #3
Sad really, especially when compared to Bernie, the most inspiring politician of my lifetime. InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2015 #4
According to who? MoonRiver Dec 2015 #5
Bernie is still quite high up - he's third, just after Trump and the Pope! CJCRANE Dec 2015 #8
Is someone on the right trying to unskew this? lol. NCTraveler Dec 2015 #6
Carly, Sarah, Condi, OPRAH !! pangaia Dec 2015 #7
Thanks for explaining to all of us what "percentage" means. bvf Dec 2015 #9

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bvf

(6,604 posts)
9. Thanks for explaining to all of us what "percentage" means.
Mon Dec 28, 2015, 12:43 PM
Dec 2015

There's a lot of confusion about that, as far as you know.

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