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...and has become a kind of haven for disaffected Democrats -- even as it continues to be stereotyped as the party that derailed Al Gore's presidency.

If these DemocRats did not want to go on record voting for Albert Gore Junior into the White House then their vote should not be "assumed" by the Democrats.

A third party candidate like Ross Perot (who seems to have dropped off the face of the Earth) was considered a "good" thing last decade.

The communist and socialist parties ran candidates in Flordia too and that could also have cost Algore that state. We don't hear how the Reds should have been voting for Gore. Reds/Greens/YellowDogDems; what's the difference? They all support socialism.

Lest anyone think that I am just throwing out a word like communist or socialist party, I present this picture of the Florida presidential ballot:

2,912,790 votes (Republican) George W. Bush/Dick Cheney

2,912,253 votes (Democratic) Al Gore/Joe Lieberman

16,415 votes (Libertarian) Harry Browne/Art Oliver

97,488 votes (Green) Ralph Nader/Winona LaDuke

562 votes (Socialist Workers) James Harris/ Margaret Trowe

2,281 votes (Natural Law) John Hagelin/Nat Goldnaber

17,484 votes (Reform) Pat Buchanan/Ezola Foster

622 votes (Socialist) David McReynolds/Mary Cal Hollis

1,371 votes (Constitution) Howard Phillips/J. Curtis Frazier

1,804 votes (Worker's World) Monica Moorehead/Gloria LaRiva

Write In candidates:

34 votes - May Chote

6 votes - Ken. C. McCarthy

When the difference is less than 600 votes (of course that tally does not include the disputed military ballots) all fringe party candidates' votes helped defeat the Democrats.

Looks like quite a few of those other parties also got votes that could have gone to the Republican candidate.

Voter turnout in the state was also around 50% meaning that there were many more potential voters. The Rats can blame the Greens but then again they can blame their own base.