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Dear Editor:

According to CNN, Bush lost Pennsylvania to Kerry by 121,818 votes (out of more than 5.6 million cast - a razor thin margin and even closer than "too close to call Ohio").

Also according to CNN, Kerry received over 517,000 votes and Bush received over 124,000 votes in Philadelphia (or a ratio of 4.16 for Kerry).

Now, for the really interesting numbers. According to the recent US Census, the Population of Philadelphia that is of voting age is 1,105,066. This number includes people who by law can not vote (non-American citizens, felons, out of state college students, etc.). In 2004, there are 1,035,395 registered voters in Philadelphia, up 34,000 from 2001.

So, what does this mean?

First, even as Philadelphia looses population, the number of registered voters continues to increase year after year. Today, in Philadelphia, nearly 100% of every person of voting age must registered to vote (as compared to a national average of 60% by the Census Bureau). Second, the total lopsidedness of the 4.16 ratio is an absolutely astounding number - even heavily democratic Broward Country, FL (one of the only places Gore wanted recounted in 2000) only went for Kerry 2:1 and Cook County, IL (Chicago - THE definition of the democrat voting machine) only went for Kerry 2.5:1.

Either Philadelphia has the most engaged and civic population in the history of the World, or there is massive voter fraud.

And the amount of fraud easily exceeds the margin of loss of President Bush. For instance, if the registration was slightly above average and if Philadelphia was just your "average-democrat-rustbelt-city-union-stronghold with a 50 year democrat political machine," the vote for Kerry in Philadelphia would have been just over 350,000. The voter fraud in Philadelphia is worth about 150,000 votes - a deficit that any Republican running for statewide office must overcome with real votes.

Best Regards,

2banana

Did you send that to the paper? If so I'm sure it won't get published.

BRAVO! Riddle me this: How is it that the most poor disenfranchised areas of the inner city of Philthydelphia manage to turn out such massive voter numbers? They must be uber-patriots willing to drop everything and vote! Not the types who would be stymied by a simple ID, no?

I'm not convinced that the vote fraud in Philly is that staggering. What is staggering is the total voter intimidation by union thugs and Democrat ward bosses, plus the pints-of-whiskey-and-$20-bills-being-handed-out stuff. Lots of "walking around money" thrown around to the black preachers. Old fashioned vote buying and harrassment, not so much illegal aliens, felons, and dead people voting.

Let's say you are a young Republican who has just moved into a gentrifying neighborhood in north Philly. You go to vote and see nothing but Democrat operatives, big burly guys in AFL-CIO hats, polling place in somebody's house, and somebody outside checking in every voter and eyeballing you up and down as you go in. This precinct has voted 100% Democrat in the past 10 elections. You think they are not going to know who was the one Republican vote? Do you risk having your tires slashed or worse? Or do you just slink away?

There was an eyewitness report in 2004 of a Republican poll watcher having a gun drawn on him at a Philly voting place. Also reports of busloads of union thugs coming in from New York City.