[knak]

I know better than to beleive it but on DU they keep saying dem counties are counted last in FL and Ohio. Is that true?

[Wormwood]

IIRC, dem counties are historically late in getting their results in.

Something to do with the dead being sloooow voters.

[unbalanced but fair]

Not in Ohio. They've been reporting on Cuyahoga county and you can't get any more Dem than that! Actually, that's what's put Kerry up at one time. There's still alot of central and southern counties that haven't reported much yet.

[commish]

I know better than to beleive it but on DU they keep saying dem counties are counted last in FL and Ohio. Is that true?

SOmewhat true, but wishful thinking on thier part.

MIAMI-DADE and BROWARD are already almost 90% counted. PALM BEACH is almost 50% counted, Not sure about LEON

There are not enough DEM votes left in Fla for Kerry to win, but it could tighten some

In OHIO the big DEM area is CUYAHOGA -- KERRY must carry it by 150,000 to win Ohio -- WIth about 1/3 of Cuyahoga in Kerry is up 30,000 --- if that holds he will fall short of what he needs to offset the rest of Ohio.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Dem counties (the cheating ones)/(ones voted most likely to cheat in a close presidential election) at least! are ALWAYS the last to report in:

That way they know how many votes to manufacture to win the total state votes. Been true since early 1940's in Texas when LBJ cheated his way into TX democratic politics with a classic case of vote fraud.

Now: Chance for FL cheating is reduced, but still likely:

Orange Cty 95% Jacksonville, trends R
Duval Cty 92% Orlando, demo mayor
Broward Cty 90% Middle, east coast
Pinellas Cty 84% South, west coast, heavy retired
Miami-Dade Cty 83% South, east coast, liberal retired + heavy Spanish-Cuban
Palm Beach 53% South, east coast, heavy liberal retired