"Carl Ellis" wrote in message
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:ja2Cb.310866$Dw6.1046389@attbi_s02...
C'mon, the USA Today election map at
http://mwhodges.home.att.net/usmap-large.gif clearly shows that the
country
OVERWHELMINGLY supported Bush.
....

I am genuinely interested, what data on this map supports your assertion?

Jay has apparently managed to convince himself that the extent of a
candidate's mandate is better measured by the number of *acres* that voted
for the candidate than by the number of *people* that voted for the
candidate. When he stays the "country" overwhelmingly supported Bush, he's
referring to the country's landmass rather than its population.

--Gary