This is the first attempt (of , I am sure, many more to come) at putting a
spin on the Bush loss in the popular vote. Now that everything is decided
and Bush will be the president there are those that seek to give him a
"mandate." "Well, yeah he lost the popular vote but he carried more
counties, square miles and states," is an attempt to give him his mandate.
The constitution says he needs a majority of the electors not the majority
of people or land mass. The prairie dog communities of the plains don't send
electors nor do the armadillos or caribou.
What is really frightening about this statistical analysis is the conclusion
they try to draw. The people that voted for Gore live in places where there
are murders. Decadent places, places that shouldn't be allowed to decide who
gets to be president. We all know that the urban areas voted for Gore,
heavily. Urban is a "code word" for areas in which minorities are a
majority. So what is this "really" saying.
This article appeared in something called the Federalist. >The Federalist's
crack staff of researchers found one more interesting >fact that might help
to "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! That
is, Guns not only don't kill people, they prevent death. I'll sell you my
bridge after you buy Wirt's.
Whether Mr. Bush will be able to govern in a manner that is well received by
the country as a whole remains to be seen. We all hope for the best. History
will mean more than our opinions.
Joseph Rosenblatt
(I never give the usual disclaimer but I will here. These opinions reflect
only my beliefs and no one else's.)
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Hey Listers,
The below analysis may clear up the questions you have in your mind
regarding why we do what we do in this country to elect our leaders. And
also why we probably shouldn't change it!!
Just my two cents' worth!! The opinions expressed above are wholly my own
and do NOT represent the opinions of my employer. The analysis below is
from the link shown and it's up to you to draw your own conclusions from
it!!
John Hornberger
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.
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
Square miles of country won by Bush: 2,427,000
Square miles of country won by Gore: 580,000
States won by Bush: 29
States won by Gore: 19
And now for the most remarkable finding....
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
The Federalist's crack staff of researchers found 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!
Considering the fact that the murder rate in "Gore Country" is 130 times
higher than it is in "Bush Country," it comes as no surprise that the Miami
Herald has found thus far, 445 votes from convicted felons in the Florida
presidential election-almost all of them for Albert. (Undoubtedly, this is
true for felons on death row....) Of note, the report only reviewed 8% of
the state's voting records. Project that finding on the total Florida vote
and one might deduce that almost 5,000 felons illegally voted for Gore.
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