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Hugh_Lebowski

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4. When your approval goes from 10% to 60% you can say that's a 50% increase

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Fri Jun 11, 2021, 05:03 AM

Jun 2021

But it's also correct to say has increased by 6 TIMES.

Instead of 10 of 100 people like you, 60 of 100 like you. That's 6 times as many people.

Just saying.

This is wonderful news no matter you do the math

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