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Question: Which 1980 election result should every mathematician love?
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Delaware gubernatorial election
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Connecticut senatorial election
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West Virginia Secretary of State
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Washington Attorney General
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Missouri State Treasurer
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« on: December 24, 2014, 04:19:18 PM »
« edited: December 26, 2014, 12:08:15 PM by ⛄ »
Which 1980 statewide election produced a result that every mathematician should love - no matter what their party affiliation may be?

Delaware
Connecticut
West Virginia
Washington
Missouri
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« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2014, 04:44:20 PM »
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« Reply #2 on: December 24, 2014, 04:47:19 PM »


Nice sig, as well!
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« Reply #3 on: December 24, 2014, 04:49:43 PM »

I don't have a signature. Wink
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« Reply #4 on: December 24, 2014, 10:10:17 PM »
I think I understand Delaware and West Virginia (sqrt(2)/2), the other references are lost on me.
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« Reply #5 on: December 25, 2014, 02:45:09 AM »
Quote from: SPC on December 24, 2014, 10:10:17 PM
I think I understand Delaware and West Virginia (sqrt(2)/2), the other references are lost on me.

Oh, I didn't realize that. These results are beautiful, too, but my wanted result can be written as one sign.
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« Reply #6 on: December 25, 2014, 01:29:33 PM »
« Edited: December 26, 2014, 03:26:03 AM by ⛄ »
ElectionsGuy? Muon2? Ernest? WalterMitty?
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« Reply #7 on: December 26, 2014, 12:45:41 PM »
Quote from: ⛄ on December 25, 2014, 01:29:33 PM
ElectionsGuy? Muon2? Ernest? WalterMitty?

Thanks for the links. I see that Carnahan was only 310 votes short (out of almost 2 million cast) of matching the Golden Ratio. By comparison, duPont needed 411 more votes out of 225K to get to 1/sqrt(2) of the total and Manchin needed 229 more votes out of 688K to get his 1/sqrt(2).
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« Reply #8 on: December 26, 2014, 01:15:08 PM »
^If you take percentage numbers, you get a golden ratio for the Missouri result.

For Delaware I see that the digit sum of the percentages for both the Democrat and Republican are 19, though I don't think that's it Tongue
I have no clue for the others.
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« Reply #9 on: December 26, 2014, 02:04:57 PM »
Quote from: Senator Cranberry on December 26, 2014, 01:15:08 PM
^If you take percentage numbers, you get a golden ratio for the Missouri result.

For Delaware I see that the digit sum of the percentages for both the Democrat and Republican are 19, though I don't think that's it Tongue
I have no clue for the others.

Quote from: muon2 on December 26, 2014, 12:45:41 PM
Thanks for the links. I see that Carnahan was only 310 votes short (out of almost 2 million cast) of matching the Golden Ratio. By comparison, duPont needed 411 more votes out of 225K to get to 1/sqrt(2) of the total and Manchin needed 229 more votes out of 688K to get his 1/sqrt(2).

You guys are right. I was looking for my favorite number: φ.
φ is so beautiful that leaps out at me in jig time.
I hope there will soon be a second "golden election".
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« Reply #10 on: December 29, 2014, 04:26:43 AM »

Then you might love this result. Wink
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« Reply #11 on: January 01, 2015, 02:39:25 PM »
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