ted & Jozeph - I think you guys are arguing over the NET
GAIN in Gore votes vs. the raw gain in Gore votes.
But here's something I find interesting - even in Broward
county, Bush picked up MORE VOTES THAN GORE, adjusted for
the number of original votes for each candidate. Here's the
numbers:
BUSH GORE
OFFICIAL 'RECOUNT' NUMBERS: 177,323 386,561
HAND RECOUNT CHANGE: 579 1,146
FOREIGN ABSENTEE CHANGE: 37 53
CERTIFIED TOTAL: 177,939 387,760
In other words, for each 100,000 machine votes recounted,
Bush picked up 326.5 votes, but Gore only picked up 296.5
votes.
So, have at it, GORE! Let's recount the whole state! Doing
that should give Bush an extra 90 vote margin.
Indeed! If we did that across the whole country, your lead
in the popular vote would DISAPPEAR.
EDIT - with this kind of weak-fingered voting by
Republicans, it is highly unlikely that Gore would gain ANY
votes whatsover in Miami Dade, which had a 53:47 vote ratio.
Lots of elderly republicans in the precincts they saved for
last.
Petz |
