I know you don't want to hear it. You can't face one more hung chad. But I don't have a choice. As a journalist examining that messy sausage called American democracy, it's my job to tell you who got the most votes in the deciding states. Tuesday, in Ohio and New Mexico, it was John Kerry.Most voters in Ohio thought they were voting for Kerry. At 1:05 a.m. Wednesday morning, CNN's exit poll showed Kerry beating Bush among Ohio women by 53 percent to 47 percent. The exit polls were later combined with—and therefore contaminated by—the tabulated results, ultimately becoming a mirror of the apparent actual vote. [To read about the skewing of exit polls to conform to official results, click here .] Kerry also defeated Bush among Ohio's male voters 51 percent to 49 percent. Unless a third gender voted in Ohio, Kerry took the state.
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Palast's argument is not 100% solid, but damn it sure is strong.
Palast does NOT say anything about the 50 other exit polls or what to do with the 3.5 million popular vote.
But the exit polls in the states that Bush won need to be looked at.
of the 50 state exit polls, how many over estimated Kerry? Who would even think to look for inflated numbers Bush was a shoo in? (I know I didn't: I figured that if Kerry won Ohio, he would be creamed by the popular vote.)
Wow, the winner take all electoral college does NOT at all address the popular vote: it is a vote by the states, period.
Now, Gill. You are capable of analytical thought aren't you? I, for one, would love to hear your analysis of the Palast piece. Mind you, I do mean a rational and logical analysis. Not, what seems typical of your posts here, demagogic one-liners and analytically empty zingers. You are capable of that, no?
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