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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Duncan Baird who started this subject11/8/2000 6:50:07 AM
From: stribe30  Read Replies (5) of 1570633
 
Unbelieveable - you guys outdid yourselves tonight.

1) In a complete flip-flop, Gore probably ends up winning the popular vote but may lose the electoral vote.. I wonder if Democrats will be as vocal about the unjustness of it all as the Republicans appeared to be going to do. Will there be an attempt to get electors to change their votes on the "moral ground" that Gore won the POP by the Democrats, as was threatened by the Republicans if the position had been reversed?

2) The nation splits between the 2 camps at about 49% each, justifying a lot of the last minute polls showing a dead heat.

3) The voter turnout went up from 49% last election to around 76% last I looked... no matter who wins, this is good for American democracy.

4) The virtual tie in POP vote as well as the close races in the Senate and the House means (I think) that whoever wins will have a couple of questions about whether they have a clear mandate or not to lead. It also means that no matter who wins, it will force them to be more moderate in their policy platform... angering a large chunk of voters at their peril if they get too extreme.

I know I needle you guys on here sometimes, (particularly the Republican conservative-minded voters) but I want to congratulate both the candidates and all of you for showing that this was not a dull election. I can only hope our election has as high a turnout and is as exciting. Thanks also for the most part keeping it civil on here.
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