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Ohio Republicans Refuse To Accept Election Results, Claim Abortion Bans Will Remain (www.meidastouch.com)

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Days after Ohio voters passed Issue 1 and codified abortion rights into Ohio's constitution, Republicans are not accepting the election results.

In a new, unhinged press release issued by the Ohio House Republican Committee, GOP members rant that "foreign billionaires" impacted the election results and call the results tainted by so-called "foreign interference." It is unclear what they are referring to.

Ohio voters overwhelmingly voted 'Yes' on Issue 1 by a margin of 56.6% to 43.4%.

The press release further argues that the results of the election do not invalidate a 6-week abortion ban previously passed by the Ohio Legislature and that "no amendment can overturn the God given rights with which we were born."

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[–] Euphorazine@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just to give some context on how numbers can be misleading, a 40 / 60 split is only 10 away from 50; however, even though that 10% margin is small, in reality it that means there are 50% more people in favor of something.

For every 40 people that don't want something, 60 people do.

For every 4 people that don't want something, 6 people do.

For every 2 people that don't want something, 3 people do.

3 divided by 2 is 1.5, or 150%.

So, in this 56.6% versus 43.4% split, 30.4% more people are in favor of this bill.

But percentages are still weird. So even my example can be misleading. It's all about how you interpret it. For instance, a 95 / 5 split would mean 19x as many people want one outcome. So the gap is 90% in the ratio, but 1800% more people are in the 95 camp. (1800% more implies 1800% over 100%, so 1900% total, or just 5 x 19)

Another way to look at the data of the 43/56 split.

If 10,000 people are against it, then 13,040 people are for it.

If 10,000 people are for it, then 6,960 people are against it.

Numbers are tricky like that