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"What does 52 to 48 mean? It means UNDECIDED" No. It means 2% more people wanted Brexit.

• dragonwriter 10y ago
  > "What does 52 to 48 mean? It means UNDECIDED" > No. It means 2% more people wanted Brexit. In traditional arithmetic, 52 is 4 more than 48, not 2 more.
  • alva 10y ago
    In traditional polling terminology, this was a 2% shift
    • dragonwriter 10y ago
      Yes, its a 2% shift, but 4% more people wanted to leave. than stay.
      • cygx 10y ago
        Nope. There's a difference of 4 percentage points, but that does not mean that 4% more people wanted to leave.