<The county as a whole voted only 53% for Gore.>
This statement in your post is attributed to an assistant professor at Michigan State University. However, I found the following site that shows Gore with less than 50% of the popular vote:
sfgate.com
Al Gore (Dem) 50,128,338 48.2% George W. Bush (GOP) 49,800,372 47.8% Ralph Nader (Grn) 2,781,109 2.7% Howard Phillips (CST) 445,124 0.4% Patrick J. Buchanan (RP) 445,124 0.4% Harry Browne (Lib) 382,869 0.4% John Hagelin (NLP) 90,403 0.1% James Harris (SWP) 10,637 0.0% L. Neil Smith (Lib) 5,418 0.0% Monica Moorehead (WW) 4,788 0.0% David McReynolds (Soc) 4,346 0.0% None of the Above (Oth) 3,315 0.0% Cathy Brown (Ind) 1,636 0.0% Denny Lane (GRP) 1,052 0.0% Louie Youngkeit (Ind) 739 0.0% Randall Venson (Ind) 547 0.0% Earl F. Dodge (Pro) 207 0.0% Jim Wright (Oth) 23 0.0% Ballots In: 99% REPORTING |