Reply #61: That looked odd but

[jbnow]

Now it looks odder.

Michigan had a gay marriage ban as well and after reading your post I went through every county (83) and it was NEVER close.

You show Kerry getting fewer raw votes and a 3% lower percentage then No votes on ban. 28% Kerry, 31% no ban
This happened in one Michigan county but a much smaller swing (38% Kerry, 39% no on ban)

Someone noted people are more likely to vote for president then a proposal, and that is true in every county here but it doesn't explain it.
Kerry got far more raw votes and a higher percentage then no on the ban in 82 of 83 counties.

Bush got slightly more raw votes then those voting for the ban in 6 of 83 counties, in the other 77 there were more Yes votes on gay marriage ban then there were votes for Bush.

It was only in Livingston county where b's percentage was 1% higher then %yes on ban.
In the other 5 counties where b got more raw votes he had a lower percentage of total votes. Compared to your stat of bush 72& and ban 69% these counties showed:
bush: 59% 63% 60% 61% 71%
Yes Ban 61% 66% 63% 65% 73%

Only two counties here voted against the ban, but by a much lower percentage then Kerry got in those counties.

Could be a fluke. We did have 1 here, though less drastic. But it makes me wonder about that one here with their new optiscans