Reply #33: Simply, again, the accusation is

[BeFree]

This: You think the Bush margin of *victory* came from the Gore 2000 voters who switched and voted for Bush 2004.
You wrote:

I think maybe about 6 to 6 1/2 million Gore voters voted for Bush. That's consistent with the NES data, and it also jibes well with the pre-election polls, which generally showed Kerry winning among new voters and Bush leading overall.

You've also said that about 4M voters of Bush 2000 voted Kerry 2004. Well the difference is just about the margin of the Bush *victory*, so you are in fact saying that the Bush margin came from the Gore 2000 voters who switched. That is simply incredible and I don't know how you can continue to press that case.

Very simply you are claiming that Gore 2000 voters are in a class all by themselves and their votes went against the new voters in 2004. Common sense tells us that there would be similarities not, as you claim, opposition.