Interesting that .77% of Buchanans entire United States votes came from Palm Beach County. (3,407 votes in Palm County out of 441,163 nationwide or about 1 vote in 130). And 20% of the Buchanan Florida vote came from Palm Beach County (out of 67 counties).
And this is a fairly liberal county that was overwhelmingly in favor of Gore. Certainly looks a bit odd.
abcnews.go.com
Buchanan Would Give Gore Votes
Before the recount, the official tally had Bush leading Gore by only 1,784
votes in Florida. That margin fell within the one-half of 1 percent of the
vote needed to call for a recount under Florida state law.
In Palm Beach County, according to Democratic sources in Florida,
more than 19,000 ballots were disqualified because they contained
punches for more than one presidential candidate.
Buchanan said today he suspects he received votes in Palm Beach he
isn’t entitled to, and he would rather he didn’t receive them.
“I don’t want to take any votes that don’t belong to me,” Buchanan
told NBC News.
He added, “I have to think, given the 3,000 [votes received by
Buchanan there] plus the 19,000 [disqualified ballots], that Al Gore very
probably won Florida and therefore won the nation and won the
presidency of the United States.” |
