John,

Please try to find a verifiable source for this.....

People tend not to believe the NRA's numbers either, but those numbers are
almost always taken from, and verifiable to, governmental agencies such as
the FBI.

-Dave

> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 9:40 AM
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> Subject: OT: Bush vs. Gore Election Statistics
>
>
> 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.
>