By your math, that would show the system estimated the preliminary
("popular") votes cast were around 50.27% for Gore, and 49.73% for Bush.

1) If the known uncounted ballots went 65% for Bush (best estimates show
~80% would have gone to Bush), this estimate would have to be adjusted to
give Bush the higher number;

and

2) Given the error rate (one-tailed) of 3% around the estimates, we can
only say we are less than 60% confident that the actual number of votes cast
for Gore were more than those cast for Bush- not exactly Vegas odds, where
slot machines pay off 97.5% or better. The estimates of the preliminary
("popular") voting show a solid tie.

and

3) The actual votes cast for either man were cast by the electors. The
Electoral College, with a much lower margin of error, decisively cast the
higher number of votes for Bush than Gore.

(Note: one of the reasons why we have an electoral college in the first
place is to "break ties" such as these; avoiding the parliamentary system of
installing partial governements.)

O.K.- that's the third time this has been explained to you.

If you persist in your delusions, you must be Stoopid or Evil.

Steve Swartz


"Ace" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 11:37:29 -0400, "Leslie Swartz"
wrote:

So who has the greater number of votes cast in their favour? Bush
or
Gore?

Bush. He had the most electoral votes.

You change the question. Who had the greater number of votes cast in
their favour?

the popular vote is entertaining

I like being entertained. Who had the greater number of votes cast in
their favour. Bush or Gore?

No way to know, Ace.

Jeeze, you really need to pay attention.

Do I get two apologies now: One for the first time youj told this fib,
and
a second one for the second time?

This is very rum.

I ask a simple question and I get three different answers.

Q: Who had the greater number of votes [popular vote by context] cast
in their favour, Bush or Gore?

A1: Bush
A2: It doesn't matter
A3: No one knows

I suspect the answer is Gore and you are all wrong.

My information is that Al Gore won 50,999,897 votes and George Bush
won 50,456,002 votes.