So rep. won by a field goal...
The vote was split nearly in half.
Quick lesson , the electoral count is divided by population. So no matter how much you connect with the Heartland, you still need what are now the blue states. Bush won by piece meal. Get it straight , bush barely won. The heartland didn't connect with Kerry as a person, they felt, that he was too upper crusty for their tastes. Doesn't mean nobody voted for him in the heartland. It was a close race throughout the country.
I'll give it to Bush because he did win the popular vote. Slightly. 58 to 55 MILLION votes. It was no landslide.
This is a country divided almost in half. And, mostly due to a sheepish following of party lines one way or the other.
The map of the popular vote is both red and blue, IN EVERY STATE.
Re: So rep. won by a field goal...
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Originally posted by SifuAbel
I'll give it to Bush because he did win the popular vote. Slightly. 58 to 55 MILLION votes. It was no landslide.
This is a country divided almost in half. And, mostly due to a sheepish following of party lines one way or the other. [/B]
Actually, while it was not a landslide, Bush actually won more considerably than any republican will care to admit. Publically republicans won't admit that they don't fare well with large turnouts even though it's obvious. With lots of new voters, Bush still carried a 51% majority. The largest majority in popular vote since like, 1988 if I'm not mistaken? While it wasn't a landslide, it wasn't slight either. Definitive is probably a fairer word.
Country divided? I really don't know about that. Sure, ideologically divided we are, but really, everybody wants the same thing, more money.
-Will