Posted on 10/27/2004 8:59:51 AM PDT by no dems
For those of you such as I, who believe that adverse weather conditions DO affect voter turnout I did a little research this morning. Here is the weather forecast for major cities in battleground states.
Rule of thumb: Libs are more prone to let weather cause them to stay home. Conservatives will crawl over broken glass to vote.
NOVEMBER 2ND WEATHER FORECASTS FOR BATTLEGROUND CITIES
Metro Detroit, MI Thunderstorms and wind
Flint, MI Scattered T-Storms
Marquette, MI Showers and wind/Low 40s
Cleveland, OH Thunderstorms and wind
Cincinnati, OH Scattered T-Storms
Toledo, OH Scattered T-Storms/wind
Pittsburgh, PA Scattered T-Storms
Philadelphia, PA Cloudy/20% chance rain
Wilkes-Barre, PA Mostly Cloudy
Miami, FL Sunny
Tampa, FL Sunny
Milwaukee, WI Rain and low 40s
Madison, WI Rain and low 40s
Eau Claire, WI Partly cloudy
Green Bay, WI Light rain and wind
New Jersey Entire state: Cloudy
Des Moines, IA Partly cloudy / low 40s
Charleston, WV T-Storms
Parkersburg, WV T-Storms
Nevada Entire state: Sunny
New Mexico Entire state: Sunny
St. Louis, MO Cloudy / 20% chance rain
K.C., MO Partly cloudy
sadder than sad - as the song goes..........
I know this is not out of the realm of possibility - the dems will come up with "cultural differences to adverse weather" - or some such crap.
I hope the weathermen in PA, Mi and Oh have malpractice insurance.
I've seen this phenomenom in action. In 1982 here in Ohio the GOP nominated a stiff named Bud Brown. The dems were brawling between Dick Celeste (who vowed to implement a state income tax if he won) and Jerry Springer (yes, that Jerry Springer).
Springer vowed not to implement a state income tax.
On primary day in May torrential thunderstorms hot the greater Cincinnati area (Springer's strength) and Cleveland had a sunny warm day. The polls showed the race tight, but Celeste blew Springer out of the water by the mid to high teens.
By the way, Celeste's first act in office was to implement a state income tax. His lact act - commutation of all death sentences sitting on death row.
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