Al Franken is on to pace to end up winning the recount by 13 votes

[Seen the light]

Yes, 13 votes.

18% of the votes counted have netted Franken 41 votes. 41 * (100/18) = 228 total net votes for Franken in the recount. 228-41=187. Coleman leads by 174 votes, making Franken the winner by 13 votes.

I'm no mathematician, so this formula could be wrong. And obviously, the rest of the votes probably won't go for Franken at this exact same pace.

But WOW at how tight this is going to end up.

[rockymountaindem]

1. 18% of the votes or 18% of the counties?

[Seen the light]

2. According to the Star Trib website, 18% of the votes

http://ww2.startribune.com/news/metro/elections/returns/2008/recount/msenco.html

[SpiralHawk]

4. Whoa Nelliebelle - this could be so sweet

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[itsrobert]

3. website says votes

thanks

[rurallib]

5. I hope Norm accepts this loss graciously.

[IsItJustMe]

6. I am no mathemitician either, but what you just did there is called extrapolation.

[debatepro]

7. Nate Silver cautions against this...

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/
"For any number of reasons, however, the results reported thus far may not be indicative of future trends."