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How can polls be over 100 percent?

Updated: 8/18/2019
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Poll percentages are usually rounded off to the nearest whole percent. If you have 6 categories in the poll, and they all are rounded up, you will have a total over 100%.

a: 26.7% = 27%

b: 15.6% = 16%

c: 42.8% = 43%

D: 3.7% = 4%

E: 4.6% = 5%

f: 6.6% = 7%

totals:100% = 102%

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