To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Polling conducted after the election indicates that the media had an impact on voter behavior, and that the perception of Democratic wins discouraged Republican voters. Democratic strategist Bob Beckel concluded Mr. Bush suffered a net loss of up to 8,000 votes in the panhandle after Florida was called early for Gore. Another survey of western-panhandle voters conducted by John McLaughlin & Associates, a Republican polling company, immediately after the election estimated that the early call cost Bush approximately 10,000 votes. And cost Bush one to three MILLION votes in the rest of the country.
4 posted on
12/10/2003 10:04:53 AM PST by
Timesink
(I'm not a big fan of electronic stuff, you know? Beeps ... beeps freak me out. They're bad.)
To: Timesink
---and increases my contempt for people who don't vote because of what they hear from the media on early election results--
To: Timesink
Does anyone know if the network's calling of states will be done differently in '04? I think I rmember some chatter about this since the last debacle.
To: Timesink
Exactly!! Meaning THE MEDIA CHEATED Bush out of also getting the popular vote.
29 posted on
12/10/2003 12:42:15 PM PST by
CyberAnt
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