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  Andrew Schriber <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> <bunch of stuff snipped >
> >Counties won by Bush: 2,434
> >Counties won by Gore: 677
> >
> >Population of counties won by Bush: 143 million
> >Population of counties won by Gore: 127 million
>
> One other Fact Gore one the popular vote.
>
> This says one of two things happened.
>
> 1. The percent turn out in all the counties was the same, then Bushes
> margin of victory in the counties he won was less then Gore's in the
> counties he won.
>
> or
>
> 2.  The counties in which Gore won had a higher turn out, and a more
active
> voter population, and Bush won by winning those counties were citizens
did
> not wish to exercise their right to vote.
>
> In either case, I do not see how this adds legitimacy to his election.
>
> Peace
>
> Andy Schriber
>
>

As to your last sentence, I think the main point of the 'county
comparison' is this:  the election was a dead heat as far as the
popular vote goes.  The electoral vote was won by the candidate
that appealed to a much wider portion of the nation, which is the
reason (or one of) we use the electoral college system in the first
place.  _That_ aspect of this election at least worked as it was
intended to work.

Jones


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