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Comment: I'm not following your calculations..
I'm not following your calculations..
π -> the probability of a success on any one observation, so 4 states won out of 41 total (4/41)
n -> # of remaining states
x -> # of successes
π = 4/41 ~ .097561
n = 9
For x=0 successes (probability of winning 0 out of 9 remaining states)
=BINOM.DIST(0, 9, 0.098, 1) = 39.70%
For x=1 (1 out of 9 remaining states), it is 38.63%
For the cumulative probability of winning 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 etc. up to all 9, it would be 60.30% (100%-39.70%)
So the probability of winning at least one of the remaining states, assuming the % of historic state wins for RP this primary season remains consistent, is about 60%. Still pretty high but this doesn't take into account the independent variables like participation, establishment shenanigans, etc.
You may have forgotten to subtract the probability of 0 wins when you did the cumulative probability.
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