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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.
If it wasn't for the Dems fraud and vote theft - we would have won Penn and Michigan. I also think Wisconsin probably had vote fraud at Univ of Wisconsin at Madison which is Berkeley for Cheeseheads.
Can Laura run for President in '08?
I think you should change label "Jesusland" to "God's Country"
Both campaigns blanketed Iowa, which I thought was bizarre for 7 EVs.
Yes. I just checked & Ohio is red on the CBS map. Some little gremlin at cbs must've caught gungadan napping & sneaked into the 'puter room & painted it.
That's two of the red states for us.
Does NM or Iowa have any democrat senators up for reelection in 2006?
I think 'Jesusland' should extend up to the Prairie provinces of Canada. There are lots of Christian conservatives there who are considered 'rednecks' and looked down by the liberal provinces (sounds familiar?). They would be happy to be considered a part of 'Jesusland'.
You should include Alberta as part of Jesusland. Saskatchewan, too. They're only Canadian for sentimental reasons.
They are assuming 100% of Democrats voted for Kerry and 100% of Republicans voted for Bush, which is ignorant and absurd.
I do believe the final tallies will show that a much larger percentage of Democrats voted for W then Republicans who voted for sKerry. That is something the febble minds at DU just will not accept.
Yahoo needs to fire whoever was in charge of this late update.
Yahoo's popular vote total still shows 51% to 48%. They are truncating, not rounding. It's actually 51.52 to 48.48. I'd round that to 52-48..
SURE DOES! SETTING IT AS A DESKTOP!!!
Correct, I've been out west in Canada, there are some good folks out there.
FOX's website has called Iowa for Bush also !!!!
Let the Dems keep spinning that he doesn't have a mandate. Substantial gains in the House, Senate and Govornorships plus the popular vote and 286 EV's = MANDATE. Not to mention the county by county breakdown.
Tom Daschle is deeply sadde-- Oh, wait... Who cares.
YES, the liberals did not steal it this year.
There is no way that these people, DUs, do not understand how it works. They believe that if they 'think it' hard enough things will change into their favor. Kind of like Dorothy with the red shoes. Plus the fact that they think they are entitled to win.
http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/blratherisms.htm
Rather's election-night dementia...
Your map should emphasize Quebec more. I think western Canada isn't as bad as you suspect. Maybe add Quebec and the Great Lakes states that went for Kerry together as a separate entity: New France.
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