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"What does 52 to 48 mean? It means UNDECIDED"

No. It means 2% more people wanted Brexit.



> "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.


In traditional polling terminology, this was a 2% shift


Yes, its a 2% shift, but 4% more people wanted to leave. than stay.


Nope. There's a difference of 4 percentage points, but that does not mean that 4% more people wanted to leave.




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