percentage point
noun
: one hundredth of a whole : percent
interest rates rose one percentage point from 6.5 percent to 7.5 percent
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Davids won reelection by 12 percentage points in 2022, building on her 10 percentage point victory in 2020, when the district lines included all of Wyandotte County and were more favorable to Democrats.
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Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 3 May 2024
Trump won the state in 2016 by less than 11,000 votes, or about two-tenths of a percentage point.
—Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024
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Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 3 May 2024
Trump won the state in 2016 by less than 11,000 votes, or about two-tenths of a percentage point.
—Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024
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“Percentage point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/percentage%20point. Accessed 8 May. 2024.
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