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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Don Pueblo who wrote (97745)	12/1/2000 6:45:50 PM
From: Bill	Respond to of 769667

Exactly right, TLC. 1.5 million absentee votes nationwide weren't certified because of deadlines. Absentees broke big (65/35) for Bush, meaning he quite likely won the popular vote (even though it doesn't matter).

To: Don Pueblo who wrote (97745)	12/1/2000 6:46:06 PM
From: globestocks	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

Good Point about the Absente ballots. I happen to live here in CA and could tell you that the democratic party would not let Bush win here. But what about Jeb and his retired cronnies in FL? How can you say that vote was fair? Any normal person would not sit on the sidelines when his older brother is running for president. I don't know the men personally, but they come from a family of power, and that does things to people. I've always thought the balance of power should always be shifting, thus balancing power, in and of itself. That's why it would be a wonderful idea to have a female pres..

To: Don Pueblo who wrote (97745)	12/1/2000 6:50:32 PM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

Chicken Man--We can discern how many folks didn't want to vote in the presidential election from the highly accurate optical scanner voting systems, which show 1 in a thousand choose not to vote for president. The punch-card systems, used in predominantly low-income more Democratic-type precincts, have an error rate of 22 out one thousand. If you calculate the votes Gore actually got, but which, like in the four counties never got counted (dimpled and varying chads included, which you must count when compared against the optical scanner) Gore would have had a million or more votes that never got counted! Thus, any adjustment you'd theoretically make on absentee ballots would pale in this comparison. If there's anything good to come out of this election, it's neither Bush nor Gore, rather it'll mean the end of the punch-card system and, thus, fairer elections in the future. Not only all of the above, but Gore actually did win the national popular vote. Statistically, it seems he also won Florida and, therefore, the electoral college vote.