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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: PartyTime who wrote (115342)12/13/2000 11:12:19 PM
From: ManyMoose  Read Replies (2) of 769670
 
Here are a few interesting statistics from our breakdown map of counties won by George Bush and Albert Gore
(http://www.federalist.com/e2000.html) as compiled by law professor Joseph Olson. The last item is, perhaps, the most telling.
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>> > Counties won by Bush: 2,434
>> > Counties won by Gore: 677
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>> > Population of counties won by Bush: 143 million
>> > Population of counties won by Gore: 127 million
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>> > Square miles of country won by Bush: 2,427,000
>> > Square miles of country won by Gore: 580,000
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>> > States won by Bush: 29
>> > States won by Gore: 19
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>> > And now for the most remarkable finding....
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>> > Average Murder per 100,000 residents in counties won by Bush: 0.1

>> > Average Murder per 100,000 residents in counties won by Gore: 13.2
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One more interesting fact that might help explain these disparate murder rates: Gun ownership in the counties won by Mr. Bush is much higher than in
the counties won by Mr. Gore!
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