The Presidential Race in the Northeast [BC04 official blogger Ruffini begins election analysis]

PatrickRuffini.com ^ | Nov 16, 2004 | Patrick Ruffini

[Mike Fieschko]

The Bush campaign had all blog entries revised and posted by Patrick Ruffini, the Webmaster of the official Bush blog, and he's returned to commenting on his own. Highly recommended.

[My2Cents]

Excellent post. And thank you, Patrick.

[AuH2ORepublican]

"Staten Island flipped from 57 percent for Gore to a 50 percent win for Bush"

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Actually, Gore carried Staten Island with 52% in 2000 and Bush carried it with 57% in 2004.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Good job, Patrick. I miss your old blog.

[PhiKapMom]

Thanks for posting this info from Patrick -- you really need to take a look at Patrick's blog -- he is also a Freeper!

[MeekOneGOP]

[codercpc]

Bump

[My2Cents]

Mike, please ping me if you intend to post the other post-election analyses in Patrick's series. Thanks.

[Mike Fieschko]

please ping me

I've noted your request. I'll try to remember.

[My2Cents]

Thanks. If you forget, I'll go looking for the other updates.

[deport]

You maybe interested in some of this..........

[Torie]

Told ya.

[gitmo]

Excellent analysis. I'm looking forward to the rest of your series.

[HostileTerritory]

Massachusetts Catholics 32% 49% +17

Is that even possible, mathematically? Massachusetts is a majority-Catholic state but Bush only increased his numbers here by 5 points. Either the 2000 or the 2004 numbers are off by a significant margin. There aren't nearly enough Protestants, let alone Jews, who swung from Bush '00 to Kerry '04 to make this kind of difference possible.

[blackie]

Good stuff ~ Bump!

[Dog Gone]

Are you sure Massachussetts is a majority Catholic state, or is it merely that the majority expressing a religious affiliation say they are Catholics? Surely not every voter in that state attends church.

[BlackRazor]

Interesting election analysis...

[HostileTerritory]

That's a good point. I think it depends on how the exit poll defines Catholics, because I know many non-churchgoing Catholics, and they still identify with their religion even if they disagree with a lot of it. It's weird. The only other religion that seems to have such a psychological hold on its lost members is Judaism.

Honestly, if it were only church-going members defined as Catholics, I think the number should have been higher in 2004 and MUCH higher for 2004. Churchgoing Catholics are the only real pro-life force we have here in the Bay State and they know how to vote when it comes to federal elections.

[HostileTerritory]

much higher in 2000, I mean.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Excellent information.