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Originally Posted by Sally Jo
Cologal, you say you dont believe he won the election, in 2000. Every recount done, by both Republicans and Democrats, showed Bush to be the winner. Don't forget, also, that the media called Florida for Gore before the polls closed, in the Panhandle. Three polls were conducted by Republicans, Democrats and an Independent poll. They all showed that it cost Bush 10,000 votes. This would have changed the whole picture, not only in Florida, but the rest of the country where the polls had hours to go before closing. I really think there should be a law against exit polling and reporting results until all polls, across the country, have closed.
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Sally Jo...I beg to differ about the recount. The Supreme Court halted the recount. And you are right that the exit polls, for the first time, did not mirror the actual count. This only fuels the speculation that some funny business went on. I understand why people in CA want to hold election results from the East and I think they did do a good job this year waiting and releasing by region.
Neither of us can change what happened in 2000...the funny thing to me was many of my Republican friends were raging about how no President that lost the general election but won the Electoral would be legitimate. They sure changed their tune....