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Posted on 11/05/2004 7:48:16 AM PST by inquest
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By MIKE GLOVER, Associated Press Writer
DES MOINES, Iowa - President Bush (news - web sites) won Iowa on Friday, claiming the last three states of the 2004 presidential election.
Although Democratic Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites) had already conceded the race for the White House on Wednesday, the counting of absentee ballots continued in Iowa, which had been too close to call.
By Friday, Bush had 745,980 votes and Kerry had 732,764 with the number of outstanding ballots too few to change the outcome.
Long after the polls closed on Tuesday, Bush won Ohio, which gave him the 270 electoral votes necessary for a second term, and New Mexico.
With Iowa decided, Bush had 286 electoral votes and Kerry 252.
In 2000, Democrat Al Gore (news - web sites) won Iowa and New Mexico, which went for Bush this year. The only Democratic switch was New Hampshire, which went for Bush in 2000.
Iowa will not certify the results until Nov. 29.
Kerry began campaigning in Iowa nearly three years ago. His surprising win in the Jan. 19 caucuses over a slate of eight other candidates gave him the momentum to claim the Democratic nomination.
I'm screening my calls right now.
The question is, when will Dan Rather concede?
Knock knock.
Who's there?
Iowa.
Iowa who?
Iowa a big apology to whoever doesn't like these jokes.
what about Wiscon.. and NM... who and when will they decide.
It would look a lot more prettier if we can get Wisconsin.
Yea...I live in a Bush state now!
Very true. Heard on the radio that L.A. County has 250k votes to cast, and San Diego County has another 250k. Extrapolate that across the country (absentees, military, provisional) and it's likely that he did get over 60 million.
make that 'count', not 'cast'.
We have NM, some speculation that we can still get Wisconsin.
Figures. I remember he told Brokaw by telephone late on Tuesday night that he knows there's some 20,000 votes out there unaccounted for on the reservations. I was absolutely stunned. It's like putting two and two together.
That's it! Even with the libs whining about votes in New Mexico and Ohio, the total is still 271...
"all your states is belong to us.."
What? You mean Bush won?? woo hoooo!
Thanks CSPAN did too. I checked their map not 5 minutes ago and now with your prompting and it has turned from white, undecided, to red, Bush.
Now we just need to pick up WI or PA or NH on the writeins/provisional votes or an automatic recount. I wonder what the threshold level is in those states?
Bush trails in them by:
WI .40%
PA 1.25%
NH 1.36%
and for comparison basis, Bush lead in OH by 1.49%.
Are they stupid enough over there not to realize you don't have to vote for your party.
Morons!
Does anyone know if Wisconsin has a chance of switching to red? Wouldn't that be the icing on the cake?
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