There was an important Senate election in Georgia (on the website I was looking at it was "Georiga"). I saw this :
Candidate A 51.5% - 1,957,641
Candidate B 48.5% - 1,844,815
That was with 87% of the vote counted.
If the vote is split evenly the rest of the way, Candidate A wins, obviously. What percent would be needed? I figured it was my duty as a citizen to find out.
There are a total of 3,802,456 votes so far with 87 % in. That means there must be a total of:
0.87x = 3,802,456
x = 4,370,639
Candidate A needs at least half of that, which is 2,185,319.
With a little subtraction there are 586,183 votes left and he need 227,678 of them. Candidate A needs 40.1% of the remaining votes. That sounds about right. Certain sections get counted at different times. So its not over.
Update - Its not decided yet, but Candidate A now has 50.02% of the vote. About as close as it can get.
