Layarteb
03-11-2004, 18:24
In 2000, the election results were as follows:
BUSH
271 electoral votes
30 states
48% of the vote
50,456,169 votes
GORE
266 electoral votes
21 states
48% of the vote
50,996,116 votes
Bush lost the popular vote by 539,947 votes though he did win the electoral (which counts).
In 2000, 101,452,285 people came out to vote.
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In 2004, the election results are as follows (note that only 99% of the precients have reported for the popular)
BUSH
286 electoral votes (Ohio, Iowa, and New Mexico if you look at the results with 99% reporting have gone for Bush)
31 states
51% of the vote
58,615,282 votes
KERRY
252 electoral votes (Ohio, Iowa, and New Mexico if you look at the results with 99% reporting have gone for Bush)
20 states (DC has electoral votes)
48% of the vote
55,088,763 votes
Bush won the popular vote by 3,526,519 votes as of right now and while they are still counting, a near 4 million net gain in votes certainly isn't a division.
In 2004, 113,704,045 people have turned out to vote as of 12:20p EST (99% reporting).
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http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2000/
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/
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So in actuality, the results are much the same that they were four years ago. Gore got 48% of the vote, so did Kerry. Bush last time got 48% of the vote but now 51%. Over 11M more people have come out to vote in an unprecedented voter turnout. Bush won one more state and Kerry one less state. So in actuality, the nation is really the same as it was four years ago, not much different. In fact, since he won one more state, won the popular vote, a uniter argument makes more of a sense.
BUSH
271 electoral votes
30 states
48% of the vote
50,456,169 votes
GORE
266 electoral votes
21 states
48% of the vote
50,996,116 votes
Bush lost the popular vote by 539,947 votes though he did win the electoral (which counts).
In 2000, 101,452,285 people came out to vote.
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In 2004, the election results are as follows (note that only 99% of the precients have reported for the popular)
BUSH
286 electoral votes (Ohio, Iowa, and New Mexico if you look at the results with 99% reporting have gone for Bush)
31 states
51% of the vote
58,615,282 votes
KERRY
252 electoral votes (Ohio, Iowa, and New Mexico if you look at the results with 99% reporting have gone for Bush)
20 states (DC has electoral votes)
48% of the vote
55,088,763 votes
Bush won the popular vote by 3,526,519 votes as of right now and while they are still counting, a near 4 million net gain in votes certainly isn't a division.
In 2004, 113,704,045 people have turned out to vote as of 12:20p EST (99% reporting).
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http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2000/
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/
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So in actuality, the results are much the same that they were four years ago. Gore got 48% of the vote, so did Kerry. Bush last time got 48% of the vote but now 51%. Over 11M more people have come out to vote in an unprecedented voter turnout. Bush won one more state and Kerry one less state. So in actuality, the nation is really the same as it was four years ago, not much different. In fact, since he won one more state, won the popular vote, a uniter argument makes more of a sense.