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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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This comic is a joke about the way newscasters commentate elections, and how they make it far more complicated than it needs to be in an election in which the candidate with the most votes wins. It's not uncommon for these methods to be used to imply the election is neck-and-neck long past the point one candidate has an insurmountable lead. | This comic is a joke about the way newscasters commentate elections, and how they make it far more complicated than it needs to be in an election in which the candidate with the most votes wins. It's not uncommon for these methods to be used to imply the election is neck-and-neck long past the point one candidate has an insurmountable lead. | ||
− | Smith has 55384 votes, while Jones has 59102 votes. Instead of comparing the votes as one number, and admitting that Jones' four thousand vote lead is likely going to earn him the | + | Smith has 55384 votes, while Jones has 59102 votes. Instead of comparing the votes as one number, and admitting that Jones' four thousand vote lead is likely going to earn him the lead, Cueball compares each digit to see which is larger. Ultimately he implies that Smith has a chance to win, ''if only he could pull ahead in the thousands digit'' and secure a dramatic upset. |
− | It should be noted that for U.S. Presidential elections, the candidate with more votes does not necessarily win | + | It should be noted that for U.S. Presidential elections, the candidate with more votes does not necessarily win, and instead the winner is determined by which candidate leads in which state, are actually more complicated than depicted, and require 57 separate comparisons (51 to determine who is leading in each of 50 states and the District of Columbia, five more for the Congressional districts in Nebraska and Maine (which choose electors at both district and statewide levels), and then one to compare the candidates' total electoral vote). |
− | The title text is a similarly satirical twist on a common news comment during elections. Candidates often employ different strategies during the election season, with varying degrees of success. For example, if a strategy collected many votes (or important votes, see above paragraph), then it could be said that the area it affected was "crucial". Here, the area affected by Jones' ''strategy'' (an entire place value | + | The title text is a similarly satirical twist on a common news comment during elections. Candidates often employ different strategies during the election season, with varying degrees of success. For example, if a strategy collected many votes (or important votes, see above paragraph), then it could be said that the area it affected was "crucial". Here, the area affected by Jones' ''strategy'' (an entire place value" is said to have been crucial- an obvious claim, seeing as greater place values always result in greater amounts indicated. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
+ | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
:[Cueball is presenting a graphic on his left that shows two names followed by five digits] | :[Cueball is presenting a graphic on his left that shows two names followed by five digits] | ||
:Cueball: Smith is leading in 3 of the 5 digits, and is tied in another. But Jones has a solid lead the thousands place, if Smith can't catch up there, it's over. | :Cueball: Smith is leading in 3 of the 5 digits, and is tied in another. But Jones has a solid lead the thousands place, if Smith can't catch up there, it's over. | ||
− | :Smith: 5 | + | :Smith 5 <span style="color:gray">5</span> 3 8 4 |
− | :Jones | + | :::<sup><small>tie</small> X ✓ ✓ ✓</sup> |
− | + | :::<sub><small>tie</small> ✓ <span style="color:gray">X X X</span></sub> | |
− | + | :Jones 5 9 <span style="color:gray">1 0 2</span> | |
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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