Exit polls. OTsour grapes!

[David Love]

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I think there are some sour grapes attitudes, and there is also a fair
amount of smugness which isn't much better.   It's clear that Bush won.
Let's hope he doesn't forget that 50+ million people voted for the other
guy and that they live here too.  
 
David Love
davidlovepianos@comcast.net 
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From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
Behalf Of LarryinAtlanta@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 12:51 PM
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Subject: Re: Exit polls. OTsour grapes!
 
In a message dated 11/3/04 3:00:19 PM Eastern Standard Time,
sarah@graphic-fusion.com writes:
Approximately 200,000 "provisional" ballots remain uncounted.
Provisional means mostly those folks who got "messed with" and had the
presence of mind to demand a vote anyway.  In other words, mostly poor,
black, and Democratic.  Do you think those pissed off voters might have
favored Kerry by 75%?  If so, Kerry could have won.
 
Peace,
Sarah
Sarah, I truly mean no offense. But you are ranting on about this with
absolutely no facts. You have no proof that the provisional ballots were
mostly poor black democrats. And you obviously don't understand just
what a provisional ballot is. It's when people show up to vote, and they
aren't listed as being registered. It's a way to try and keep people
from voting twice, without causing them to not be able to vote at all.
Historically, almost half of the provisional ballots turn out to
legitimately be bogus attempts for people who aren't registered to vote,
to vote. I'm sorry, but I don't care if you're rich, white, and living
in a mansion, if you don't have the good sense to follow the law and
register to vote properly, you don't have the right to vote. The only
way you can maintain order is to set rules and then make everyone play
by them.
 
Next, Ohio has a long standing method by which they factor these
provisional ballots into the picture, and it's one that makes complete
sense. If the number of votes separating the two parties involved is
larger than the number of provisional ballots, then there is no reason
to not go ahead and call the election for the one with the most votes.
In other words, if the one with the most votes has 500 more votes than
the other guy, and there are only 300 provisional ballots, common sense
tells you that you aren't going to find enough votes for the loser among
300 ballots to come up with more than 500 votes. Even if every single
provisional ballot is a vote for the loser (which is a statistical
impossibility) you would still be 200 votes short, and the loser would
still be the loser.
 
You are engaging in conspiritorial nonsense Sarah, trying to create
boogiemen to blame for your party's loss rather than look at the real
reason you lost not only the presidency, but seats in both the house and
senate. That's what's wrong with your party Sarah. Your party sticks its
head in the sand, and refuses to look at what America needs and wants.
With this election, your party was roundly rejected. Instead of clinging
tighter to the ideology that has failed you once again, perhaps it is
time to open your eyes and ears and start listening to the voices that
are trying to tell you why your party is rapidly becoming not only
irrelevant, but dangerous as well.
 
 

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