This is what it would take for Bush to TIE Kerry.
Bush would need 100% of his 2000 voters to turnout while only
78.4% of Gore voters turn out. For any greater Gore turnout,
Bush would lose.
Of course that means there would have to be 25.63% of NEW
voters as a percent of the total 122.3mm.
And we know Kerry won the NEW voters.
All the timelines say so, even the bogus final 13660 (54%).
I use the vote percentages from the 13047 timeline because
they make more sense:
MIX Bush Kerry Nader Bush Kerry Nader
No 25.63% 41% 57% 2% 10.5% 14.6% 0.5%
Gore 31.55% 8% 91% 1% 2.5% 28.7% 0.3%
Bush 39.82% 90% 10% 0% 35.8% 4.0% 0.0%
Other 3.00% 13% 65% 16% 0.4% 2.0% 0.5%
100% 49.26% 49.25% 1.31%
total 60.25 60.23 1.60
But I know you would prefer to see the calculation done for
the 13660 Final which was matched to the Bush vote.
S lets look at the breakeven for a Kerry 54% share of NEW
voters:
MIX Bush Kerry Nader Bush Kerry Nader
No 23.18% 45% 54% 2% 10.4% 12.5% 0.5%
Gore 34.00% 8% 91% 1% 2.7% 30.9% 0.3%
Bush 39.82% 90% 10% 0% 35.8% 4.0% 0.0%
Other 3.00% 13% 65% 16% 0.4% 2.0% 0.5%
100% 49.38% 49.39% 1.28%
total 60.39 60.40 1.57
Bush would need a maximum of 34% for Gore voters to TIE.
For any larger turnout of Gore voters, Bush loses.