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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dr. Id who wrote (5397)	11/10/2000 2:54:57 AM
From: JBTFD	Respond to of 10042

Look like good old fashioned bell curve to me. ;) Thanks, very illustrative.

To: Dr. Id who wrote (5397)	11/10/2000 7:13:54 AM
From: Robert Scott	Respond to of 10042

It's pretty hard to say that some people weren't confused by the ballot - the question remains what to do about it. I guess I'm concerned that the presidency may hinge on voters who are stupid or didn't pay attention enough to be confused by the ballot - remember, 95% of the voters were not confused (adding the ones who voted twice with the few thousand Buchanan voters).

To: Dr. Id who wrote (5397)	11/10/2000 12:27:12 PM
From: Slugger	Respond to of 10042

The results seem to suggest that indeed something unique happened in Palm Beach county. Just by visual inspection of the charts below, it appears that instead of the 3407 votes Buchanan received in Palm Beach county, he probably would have received under 1000 votes, if the other counties in Florida are any guide. That is a big IF. I posted a news report to this thread that claimed there were more independent voters registered in Palm Beach county than other comparable counties. If this is the case then that can explain some of the higher vote count for Buchanan. Also, note the chart from the 1996 Republican primary that shows Buchanan votes received vs. Dole. It shows Buchanan getting nearly 9,000 votes in Palm Beach County, his third highest total in Florida during that primary. It's not hard to imagine him receiving 20-30 percent of those votes in this election. Within seconds of my seeing the results, a colleague of mine wandered into my office, saw the results himself, and urged me to make the results "public" as soon as possible. This statement alone is a clear indication of the political leanings of the author and his cohorts. If he were doing this for scientific purposes, not political, he would want his data to be peer reviewed. madison.hss.cmu.edu