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| Turnout low in FL, TX, LA and MS |
| 2004-03-10 |
| This is what newspapers would have reported if the reporters were numerate. Kerry received fewer than 600,000 votes in all of Florida. Dade county alone has about 1,000,000 registered voters. |
| Posted by:mhw |
| #11 I just realized another headline could have been "Kucinich showing dissappointing" because the angry dwarf actually finished below 3rd in all 4 primaries and 5th in two of them. |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-3-10 7:41:00 PM |
| #10 Kerry is a fool. He should have been rallying the troops and getting out the vote. Even if you don't vote for me, get out and vote because there are propositions and ammendments and other positions on that ballot that needs to be voted on, and we need to test and get familiar with the new voting systems. Get out and vote! Of course he didn't say that because they might vote for Sharpton and he'd rather not have a large turnout than have anything remotely closer than a landslide. |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2004-3-10 2:17:02 PM |
| #9 According to Rush Limbaugh this a.m., Bay County Fla. is already holding a recount...'cuz Gephardt was leading 2-1! |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2004-3-10 1:12:55 PM |
| #8 Stephen, but in contrast to 1996 when about 9% of the Dem primary registered voters went to the polls to vote for Bill Clinton, the presumptive candidate, in 2004 only about 5% of Dem primary registered voters went to the polls to vote for Kerry - also the presumptive candidate |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-3-10 12:39:37 PM |
| #7 The St.Pete Times in Florida did do a story on low turnout.Reasons given mainly revolved around why bother to vote when Kerry's serious competition had quit race. |
| Posted by: Stephen 2004-3-10 12:12:12 PM |
| #6 growler, no link because the press did NOT write this story. If you combine all 4 States, Kerry only received about 1,300,000 votes (110k in LA, 60k in MS and 560k in TX in addition to the FL votes). We are talking about 5% of the registered voters here. |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-3-10 11:12:57 AM |
| #5 Didn't go to the polls, or couldn't get to the polls? " Marcy, where's my walking stick?" " Sir, you need to lie down, you have alzheimers." " Nonsense! I need to get out and vote for JFK! That bullet couldn't keep him down!" |
| Posted by: Charles 2004-3-10 10:54:54 AM |
| #4 Link not working. Where's this info from? |
| Posted by: growler 2004-3-10 10:39:02 AM |
| #3 "Kerry: Boringly familiar!" |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-3-10 10:35:23 AM |
| #2 not to hear the spin by the DNC: "the base couldn't be more excited behind the dynamic leadership shown by our nominee John Kerry-Heinz, who, by the way, served in Viet Nam" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-3-10 10:29:15 AM |
| #1 Same thing down here in Texas. The Demo race is over, except for some local races there is not much to get people out to the polls. |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-3-10 8:57:33 AM |