Reply #3: More about the WA State Govenors race

[pbartch]

http://www.columbian.com/11192004/clark_co/213572.html

Now, with the first count complete, here are some numbers worth noting:

261 -- The difference between Rossi's winning total and Gregoire's, after the initial count but before the recount.

627,022 -- The number of registered voters statewide who either did not vote or whose ballots were disqualified for cause.

35,291 -- The number of registered Clark County voters (out of 207,556) who did not vote or whose ballots were disqualified.

0.0093 -- The percentage difference between Rossi's total (48.8759 percent of all votes cast) and Gregoire's total (48.8666 percent). Libertarian Ruth Bennett had 2.2576 percent.

7 -- The average number of additional votes in each of the 39 counties that Gregoire needed to win.

8 -- The number of counties that favored Gregoire (Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Pacific, San Juan, Thurston, Whatcom).

33 -- The number of additional Gregoire votes in each of those 8 counties needed for her to win if there had been no change in the other 31 counties.

6,686 -- The number of precincts in the state. (Clark County has 180.)