I'm confused about bush's "popular vote" count...

LynnTheDem

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Sat Nov-06-04 09:33 PM
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I'm confused about bush's "popular vote" count...

California said they have 5 million absentee ballots not counted yet.

Aren't those going to wipe out bush's entire PV???

Do absentee ballots not count towards the PV?

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DaveinMD

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Sat Nov-06-04 09:35 PM
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1. I'm sure

there are other absentees that haven't been counted in red states. Also, absentees tend to trend Republican.

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Awsi Dooger

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Sat Nov-06-04 10:20 PM
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2. Yes they count, but are you sure they have 5 million absentees

That seems very high. I wrote down the California figures on election night and it was about 10 million votes. The state registrations only total 16.5 million. That would be an unbelievable turnout, 90%.

I don't expect the final difference to change much. In 2000, the GOP talking heads were insisting Bush would overcome Gore's popular vote lead via west coast absentees. Instead, it went the other way by a few hundred thousand. This time, since Bush did about 3.5 points better overall, I think it will be close to a wash.

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