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In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton Won 6 Out of 6 Coin Tosses Last Night. [View all]happyslug
(14,779 posts)118. How do propose to decide who wins when there is a tie????
You have to determine a winner, but the votes are equal, how do decide who wins? You could be like the US Senate, leave the Vice President make the deciding vote (but then who acts like the Vice President?, the local head of the Democratic Party? even if that person has already voted once? Any body you pull off the street, even if he or she said she or he has already voted?)
This is the problem with ties, how do you break them? Voting a second time will NOT change the result (you end up with the same people voting the same way thus another tie).
People have argued this point for centuries and over time flipping a coin has been found to be the best way, a bad way, but the best way for the alternatives tend to be worse.
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One is extremely improbable (completely scoff worthy), the other could easily be expected.
GoneFishin
Feb 2016
#6
They weren't all a part of one sequence, though. They were different events, in different places.
Demit
Feb 2016
#46
Your are dealing with some very probability theory challenged individuals. No wonder this almost
GoneFishin
Feb 2016
#108
Two tenths of a percentage point is a win? It's all about lowering expectations, right?
Ned_Devine
Feb 2016
#52
I forgot to mention how Allegheny County PA decides such ties, it is by "Lots"
happyslug
Feb 2016
#139
I have a good friend that was struck by lightning twice (two separate occasions)
ALBliberal
Feb 2016
#104
Everywhere the Clintons go, there is greed, cheating and other controversy going on. Who wants
ViseGrip
Feb 2016
#18
Before I play any "game", I read the rules. If I don't like them I simply don't play.......
George II
Feb 2016
#54
If each coin toss was fair then the odds are 1 in 64. Most people would call that improbable.
eomer
Feb 2016
#30
No, you said it makes a difference whether one person or six people do the tosses.
eomer
Feb 2016
#97
So you agree then that the odds of Hillary winning all six tosses (if that was the case)
eomer
Feb 2016
#142
Now that the Sanders campaign knows how Hillary (Bill) is going to play the game
INdemo
Feb 2016
#33
Totally normal. Hillary is 1%er, wealthy always win. Through my 68 years of life, that is how it has
LiberalArkie
Feb 2016
#64
The person who wrote this article has no idea how the delegate totals are calculated
oberliner
Feb 2016
#66
THIS conspiracy theory is how I know Hillary won Iowa (well, besides the vote and delegate count).
Metric System
Feb 2016
#101
Fuzzy murky improbable events always favor the more right-leaning individuals.
GoneFishin
Feb 2016
#111
Coin-Toss Fact Check: No, Coin Flips Did Not Win Iowa For Hillary Clinton
Agnosticsherbet
Feb 2016
#127