CNN: “Scott holds a little more than a 12,000 vote lead over Nelson. That amounts to an advantage of about 0.15 percentage points, which is well within the 0.25 point margin needed for a manual recount required by Florida law. This margin may seem small, but for recount purposes, it is actually quite large.” “According to a FairVote database of statewide recounts from 2000 to 2015, the average recount moves the margin by 0.02 points.