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  • #1

    60 Million Votes

    President Bush passed 60 million votes today.

    The thing that interests me is that this race was close to being a blowout. The only Midwest state that wasn't within striking distance was Illinois. Bush almost even picked off Oregon. The big D states had a tough time pushing into the 60% range for Kerry.

    I would be worried if I were a Democrat.

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  • #2
    11,000 votes of winning Wisconsin too.

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    • #3
      Bush should not have had 48% of the vote in socialist wonderland, Minnesota. This is Mondale country, for God's sake!

      This is a very bad sign for the Ds.
      I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Harry Tuttle
        11,000 votes of winning Wisconsin too.
        Yes, I said e-l-e-v-e-n thousand.

        Yes, the Dems are in deep doh.

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        • #5
          And to think that Wisconsin went to Dukakis by almost 4 points.
          I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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          • #6
            And Kerry got almost 57 million- you think 3 million out of 107 Million a blowout?

            Man, DanS, you smoke some powerful ****, don't you?
            If you don't like reality, change it! me
            "Oh no! I am bested!" Drake
            "it is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong" Voltaire
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            • #7
              Well, more like 3 and a half million out of 120 million cast. I wonder what would have happened if Bush would have actually campaigned in those states that were close...

              But in any event, I'm more interested in what this says about the future, GePap. Bush was competitive in many more states than he should have been, given the coalitions that he built.
              I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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              • #8
                Turnout in NY was 46%-imagine if it had been 60%? That would have mean at least 400,000 more votes for Kerry or so. I think Turnout in solidly blue states might have been low, lowering Kerry's total numbers.

                And Bush's results say nothing of the future- bush can't run again- you might as well have asked what Clintons numbers in 1996 meant for repugs in 2000.
                If you don't like reality, change it! me
                "Oh no! I am bested!" Drake
                "it is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong" Voltaire
                "Patriotism is a pernecious, psychopathic form of idiocy" George Bernard Shaw

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                • #9
                  Bush and his administration is critically weak now, however, and because of his personality this is only going to worsen. A lot of people that voted for him weren't all that excited by his policies, and are even against many of them. However, he takes the win as a mandate to pursue all of his policies to the hilt. This is going to make a schism in the Republican Party, and the Democratic Party is going to become much better organized and together by 2006.

                  The loss was a set-back, yes, but it is only going to give to for the mistakes of the current administration to really hit home with the American people.

                  IMHO, of course, but I am pretty darn confident about how Bush is going to act (that's just his personality and how his administration works). The moderate Republicans are bothered by what is going on too. This should help the Democrats out a lot by itself, and they should manage to get their act together by 2006.

                  -Drachasor
                  "If there's a child on the south side of Chicago who can't read, that matters to me, even if it's not my child. If there's a senior citizen somewhere who can't pay for her prescription and has to choose between medicine and the rent, that makes my life poorer, even if it's not my grandmother. If there's an Arab American family being rounded up without benefit of an attorney or due process, that threatens my civil liberties. It's that fundamental belief -- I am my brother's keeper, I am my sister's keeper -- that makes this country work." - Barack Obama

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                  • #10
                    As we discussed in the Warning to the Republicans thread. IMO the repubs have now an opportunity to have a big tent, they need to understand they need to make room for the moderates.
                    "Just puttin on the foil" - Jeff Hanson

                    “In a democracy, I realize you don’t need to talk to the top leader to know how the country feels. When I go to a dictatorship, I only have to talk to one person and that’s the dictator, because he speaks for all the people.” - Jimmy Carter

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Drachasor
                      and the Democratic Party is going to become much better organized and together by 2006.
                      Keep on Civin'
                      RIP rah, Tony Bogey & Baron O

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                      • #12
                        I don't know, Ogie. Bush didn't create a big tent coalition for the election, so it would be tough for him to rule with one. Is he going to try to create such a big tent for the congressional elections in 2 years? That would be interesting.

                        He might be able to campaign for Senators in formerly no-go areas.
                        I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                        • #13
                          Over 2 days these are the net gains for the two candidates:

                          Bush -
                          60,367,111 (Yahoo @ 2004-11-12-4:44EST)
                          -59,771,781 (CSPAN @ 2004-11-10-18:51GMT)
                          = 595,330 net gain

                          Kerry -
                          56,938,907 (Yahoo @ 2004-11-12-4:44EST)
                          -56,309,789 (CSPAN @ 2004-11-10-18:51GMT)
                          = 629,118 net gain

                          I haven't been able to find totals for any other days.
                          The cake is NOT a lie. It's so delicious and moist.

                          The Weighted Companion Cube is cheating on you, that slut.

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                          • #14
                            Bush 60,367,111 @ 51.461...%
                            +
                            Kerry 56,938,907 @ 48.538...%
                            =
                            117,306,018
                            The cake is NOT a lie. It's so delicious and moist.

                            The Weighted Companion Cube is cheating on you, that slut.

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                            • #15
                              Two words: Electoral College

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