I found this news nugget on the Kansas City Star’s website. See if you can spot the mathematical malfunction:

Obama, McCain: election will turn on turnout, new poll says

With less than a week to go before the vote, Barack Obama has either a 3 percent or 7 percent margin on John McCain, a new poll indicates.

So, once again, it’s looking like this race is coming down to who all heads to the polls. If voters are the same mix as usual, this vote could be a nail-biter (the poll has a margin of error of +/- 2, meaning a three point gap could be a dead heat, or even a slight McCain lead).
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If Obama leads by 3 percent and the poll has a margin of +/-2, then he’s either leading by 1% or 5%. No matter how you slice it, there’s no “slight McCain lead.”

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