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the article admits that GDP isn't a good proxy. Here's a better one.
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|Will countries that have implemented same-sex marriage underperform? (See below for a more lengthy explanation)
 
|Will countries that have implemented same-sex marriage underperform? (See below for a more lengthy explanation)
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|Too early to tell. All countries except Denmark are at or below their expected total from the chart below so far, but this would be expected since so few events have been completed. Here is how much each nation should be expected to win, based on the chart below, and their actual totals so far. All expected totals are rounded to the nearest whole number. The overall total may not be equal to the sum of the individual expected totals due to this rounding. Also, the actual totals will not be meaningful one way or the other until more events have been completed.  
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|Too early to tell. Listed below are the country's medal totals for the last Olympics prior to implementing same sex-marriage (which can be seen as a fair proxy for their totals this year), along with actual totals for this year.  
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: Argentina - 5 expected, 1 actual
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: Argentina - 6 in 2008, 1 in 2012 (-5)
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: Belgium - 7 expected, 3 actual
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: Belgium - 5 in 2000, 3 in 2012 (-2)
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: Canada - 23 expected, 10 actual
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: Canada - 12 in 2004, 10 in 2012 (-2)
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: Denmark - 4 expected, 8 actual
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: Denmark - 7 in 2008, 8 in 2012 (+1)
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: Iceland - 0 expected, 0 actual
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: Iceland - 1 in 2008, 0 actual (-1)
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: Netherlands - 11 expected, 11 actual
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: Netherlands - 25 in 2000, 11 in 2012 (-14)
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: Norway - 6 expected, 2 actual
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: Norway - 6 in 2004, 2 in 2012 (-4)
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: Portugal - 3 expected, 0 actual
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: Portugal - 2 in 2008, 0 in 2012 (-2)
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: South Africa - 5 expected, 4 actual
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: South Africa - 6 in 2004, 4 in 2012 (-2)
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: Spain - 20 expected, 4 actual
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: Spain - 19 in 2004, 4 in 2012 (-15)
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: Sweden - 7 expected, 6 actual
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: Sweden - 5 in 2008, 6 actual (+1)
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: Total - 92 expected, 47 actual
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: Total - 94 expected, 47 actual (-47)
    
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