Why didn't GWB join the U.S. Air Force ?

Leslie Swartz wrote:
Ace:

Do your homework. Fact- not opinion, fact- is that eht so-called
"popular vote" was undecided. A statistical tie, more accurately.
We will *never* know who actually received the most votes, because:

1) Not all votes were counted. It's legal in most places to discard
votes if they won't tip the electoral scales. Therefore, in the
"Bush" states many Gore votes (and potential additional Bush votes)
were discarded, and vice versa.

The majority of which were military absentee ballots.

Yes, evidence suggests that it is more likely that the ballots thrown out
(primarily, but not exclusively, absentee ballots) would have trended
strongly republican or at least conservative.

However, since they weren't counted, we can never know for certain. Past
studies suggest that ~80% of absentee ballots tossed out would have gone for
Bush.

Steve Swartz



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Leslie Swartz wrote:
Ace:

Do your homework. Fact- not opinion, fact- is that eht so-called
"popular vote" was undecided. A statistical tie, more accurately.
We will *never* know who actually received the most votes, because:

1) Not all votes were counted. It's legal in most places to discard
votes if they won't tip the electoral scales. Therefore, in the
"Bush" states many Gore votes (and potential additional Bush votes)
were discarded, and vice versa.

The majority of which were military absentee ballots.

Leslie Swartz wrote:
Yes, evidence suggests that it is more likely that the ballots thrown
out (primarily, but not exclusively, absentee ballots) would have
trended strongly republican or at least conservative.

However, since they weren't counted, we can never know for certain.
Past studies suggest that ~80% of absentee ballots tossed out would
have gone for Bush.

And since the system grossly undercounts votes for one candidate, it casts
even more doubt apon the validity of the "popular vote."