[EM] Percentages are based on totals

Donald E Davison donald at mich.com
Wed May 19 08:02:09 PDT 1999


Greetings,

Salva wrote:
>the difference you express are not in percentages, but in percentage points
>
>(a party that has 10%votes and 20%seats has a difference of 10 points, but a
>difference in percentage of 100%)

Dear Salva,

     I will agree that a party with 10 % votes and 20 % seats has 100 %
more seats than it is entitled to, but I base all my percent numbers on
total representation, total votes, and total seats.

     That party still only has 20 % of the total seats. It is up to each
person to realize that the party has twice as many seats as it should have.

Regards,
Donald




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