[Bahbah]

Kerry says he won the popular vote in the battleground states. Don't put your Kerry jokes and pictures away, folks, 'cause he's running again. Osama and 9/11 cost him the race. He thinks he can win a second time around.

[JCRoberts]

I just heard that--laughed my a$$ off!!!!!

[zook]

"Kerry says he won the popular vote in the battleground states."

What a loser comment! It's like we lost the game, but we won the 5th inning!

[Quilla]

11/16/2004 - Updated 01:14 AM ET

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Square miles of counties won
Bush	2.54 million
Kerry	592,000

Population (2003) of counties won
Bush	159,2 million
Kerry	130.9 million

Counties won by less than 5 percentage points
Bush	164
Kerry	146

Note: County election data is not reported for Alaska,

Source: the Associated Press, ESRI Inc. USATODAY analysis by Paul Overberg.