Reply #45: 118,000 would be 4.3% of Kerry's vote total

[Awsi Dooger]

Seems like a tall mountain to me, claiming he was robbed of an additional 4.3%. Kerry got 2,741,000 votes.

If we apply that 4.3% number to Florida 2000, then Gore wins by 125,000 votes. I can't remember any claim that optimistic. It would take all the net over votes, all the net under votes, plus all of the 57,000 purged voter roll number to get to 125,000 more votes for Gore.

I'd be much more interested if the margin was 1/2 or 1/3. Blackwell and Co. no doubt did everything they could to suppress likely Democratic votes but since I believe in suppression, not switching, then the burden is twice as high and I can't get to 118,000. Maybe one day I'll be proven naive.