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I think Nelson got in when the networks called the race before the polls closed in the pan handle. The further north you go in Florida, the more conservative it becomes. Alot of people, driving home form work to the polls, heard that the race was over and did not vote...Bush's win would have been much larger except for this issue.

I've said this before and will say it again...I don't believe this bit of urban legend.

First, any half smart conservative would know when the polls closed. Second, given the importance of 2000, I can't believe any decent conservative who wanted to vote would turn around and go home, or leave the line at the polls, or whatever...just because they heard something on the news. They wouldn't care or know it's just typical liberal press fodder.

But if it's actually true, then these voters are as stupid as anyone who couldn't poke a hole in a piece of paper or follow a direct line from their candidate to the hole to punch.

Both my state Senator and state Representative were unopposed in 2002...but I voted for them anyway. Anyone who would not go vote based on a stupid news story would think, "oh, their unopposed, why bother to vote for them?"

First, any half smart conservative would know when the polls closed

The issue is not when they closed, the issue is that it was called for Nelson before they closed. Ask Californians if this suppresses the vote. Some of the testimony before Judge Sauls was on this issue.

If you think all Reps are "informed" voters, I have some oceanfront property in Tallahassee you might be interested in. While we don't round up the homeless and give them cigaretes to vote for our party, we do have folks who get their automated reminder calls from Dubya and his Mom and are just thrilled. Whatever floats your boat...when races are as close as 500 votes across a state.