Election-probability

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Title text: Look, you can't argue with math.

Votey

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Dad, I think your candidate is going to lose today's primaries.

There are three

States voting today.

Her opponent has a 60% chance to win each of them.

Nonsense.

But, that means his chance of winning all three is 60% of 60% of 60%, which is al.6%.

Since probabilities have to sum to 100%, and there are only two people running, my candidate has a 78.4%

Chance of winning all

Three states.

Whoooaaa

Mom, you were all wrong about probability.

At least when I go to kill him, he won't have

Predicted it.

Yep. V.

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Mom says she no longer loves you, and these jokes have gone from funny to tired to irritating to tragic

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