Manual Errata? Posted on Friday, January 7, 2005 Greetings to those that may have some insight into this, or those who in general have no insight into this but are reading this anyway... I am a very logic and numbers-oriented kind of guy, plus am a tad anal. Some I'm reading the manual, trying to understand how the numbers and voting systems of TPM works and I come to pages 13 and 14 of the User's Manual and a grand sum total of zero of the numbers makes any sense. The example used in the manual (Universal Health Care among New York's voters) leaves much to be desired as to how the numbers are compiled and computed so as to know who wins each state and how. The example goes, and I quote: "Kerry has a 300-point lead over Bush with Democrats and a 60-point lead with Independents. He trails by 90 with Republicans. Through calculations, this means that Kerry would get approximately 90% of Democrats, 67% of Independents, and 25% of Republicans to vote for him." What the heck are these "calculations"??? Furthermore, the manual sounds as though Kerry could still lose the State of New York because, and I quote again: "So, if universal health care was the only issue New Yorkers cared about, then Kerry would win 40% to 60% of that state." What!?!? Let's back up real quick like: "Assuming maximum turnout...Kerry would get 90% of 45% of the voters + 67% of 27% of the voters + 25% of 28% of the voters." Since Kerry is getting 90% of the Democrat vote (45% of voters), that puts him at 40.5% of the total voters in the State! How on earth does the manual say that he would win 40% to 60% of that state?! If you add up all the percents and totals for the state, Kerry would stomp Bush 65.59% to 34.41%. Could someone please explain to me or show me the formulas used to determine how a candidate wins a state given X Issue? I'd much appreciate it, thanks. -ArrowMan Delta