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To: michael97123 who wrote (39959)11/25/2000 7:27:40 PM
From: Jacob Snyder  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 70976
 
re: Dimples should be more democratic in democratic districts and visa versa.

You meant Democratic, not democratic, right?

Yes, in a heavily Democratic county (like Broward or Miami-Dade), hand-counting should add more votes to Gore's totals. So, it looks like the margin of victory for Bush will be Miami's decision to say, "we're tired of being hassled, we can't get it together to do it in time, so we're going to just go home and not do anything." Pathetic.

Bush didn't want a statewide hand recount, because that outcome is uncertain, whereas he knew he had won the machine count. "A bird in hand in worth two for the Bush."



To: michael97123 who wrote (39959)11/25/2000 7:49:38 PM
From: Cary Salsberg  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 70976
 
OT

I hate to say it, but Bush knows more than you do. A statewide hand recount would favor Gore. There are three types of voting machines used in Florida. The ones used in Broward, Palm Beach, and Miami-Dade are the oldest, 26 years old, and subject to much higher error levels, 26K ballots had no vote for President. Statisticians have predicted that Gore would win by 2000 votes if the error rates of all the machines were the same.