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A country's independence should not be based on polls There is nothing wrong with the news coverage The percentages should add up to 100% Live polling is unreliable

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Chung Kevin by Chung Kevin , 45, Australia

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Eli Ross Staff
Oct 22, 2015

This is a binary question (yes/no), so the percentages should add up to 100%.

If the percentages added up to less than 100%, then one could theorize that maybe there was a third answer of "I don't know" which wasn't displayed in the news graphic. But with >100%, there's just no good explanation other than pure error!

Anyone have any guesses as to what happened?

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Possible explanation for this result? A typo. The result of last Scotland Referendum was "55% No / 45% Yes" so maybe that was and intermediate report that was suppose to show "52% No / 48% Yes". Then again, it could be something else but having to inquiry, I would start there.

Achille 'Gilles' - 5 years, 7 months ago

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It's most likely a typo. But it's not a typo that we (the viewer) can easily fix, since the majority vote would swing either way.

Chung Kevin - 5 years, 7 months ago

Maybe some people were confused and ticked "Yes" and "No" both (assuming that the survey conductor was not smart enough and made it a multiple choice answer).

Raivat Shah - 3 years, 2 months ago

Some people were outside the country and voted in the UK or a typo of press.

Nikolas Кraj - 2 years, 1 month ago
Oli Hohman
Oct 23, 2015

This would only be possible if there is overlap between yes and no, i.e. people voting both yes and no, simultaneously.

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Who says 10% didnt? If not, then this question seems ridiculously simple. Personally, i thought this was going to be another joke question.

Bj Fread - 5 years, 7 months ago
Lu Chee Ket
Oct 23, 2015

There were 10% staying outside the place.

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Achille 'Gilles'
Oct 23, 2015

A poll should show the distribution of a sampling. Using percentage and a question where choices are limited and well defined as Yes or No, the total should be 100%.

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