Reply #13: Gore lost Ohio by 3.41 % points

[AnAmerican]

or approximately 165,000 votes.

If memory serves the Gore campaign basically gave up in Ohio in the late running, thinking it unwinnable.


That was 2000, in 2004 Ohio's economy is in the toilet, the state is running in the red. Governor Taft is intensely disliked by many.

I think Ohio is definately in play, and ripe for a Democratic victory.
Throw in the the facts that Springer may well energize the base and Dennis, should he win the nomination, can use the "favorite son" tag.

I see Ohio voting for the Democratic candidate. I would venture a guess as to a 52-48 % margin for the good guys. Third party voting (Nader took 2.5% in 2000), should not be an issue unless Lieberman takes the nomination.

The Green Party has some good ideas but were damaged nationally by the Florida issue. Whether or not they deserve the epithat,(I do not think they do) alot of people still cling to the idea that Nader mucked up the election.