A dead heat in Florida

[ryban]

Florida may be headed for a repeat of 2000, with President George W. Bush and John Kerry locked in an extremely competitive race for the presidency in a state that could hold the key to the national election, a new Florida Poll shows.

The two candidates are in a virtual tie in the contest for the state's 27 electoral votes, according to the poll conducted by The New York Times Regional Newspaper Group.

Kerry has 48.3 percent of the vote to Bush's 46.7 percent, while Ralph Nader claimed 1.5 percent of the Florida vote. Heading into the last weekend of the campaign, less than 4 percent of the voters are undecided.

The poll, which surveyed 802 likely voters from Oct. 23 to Oct. 27, had a 3 percent margin of error. Most voters have made up their minds about the two men. "I don't think Bush has done a good job," said William E. Bradford, 66, a Democrat and a Manatee County school board employee who participated in the survey. Jack A. Bailey, a 53-year-old Republican and Lakeland nursery owner, said he has problems with Kerry, including his service in Vietnam.

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http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041030/LOCAL/210300344/1078

[featherman]

1. Florida will go to Kerry by enough that they can't steal it this time

things are looking very good there from all accounts I hear from the ground war.

[Maribelle]

12. Very good indeed.

Early voters in the republican dominated southwest area of Florida are heavy Kerry supporters, waiting in very long lines to make sure their vote counts this time around, in valiant attempts to bring democracy back to Florida.

[callous taoboy]

17. Kick

:kick:

[NEOBuckeye]

3. With or without Florida, Jebby can't save his brother this time.

It would be nothing short of awesome if Kerry picks it up, though.

[Catt03]

4. So can Nader screw up theFlorida numbers again?

[Jackinbox]

2. Keep it up FL! Those of us volunteering in OH are

counting on you!

[AndyTiedye]

5. Yes. Voting Machinez Will Shift Kerry Votes to Nader

in those areas where a high Bush* vote would be too suspicious.

[Carolab]

6. Jeez

--higher Nader votes than expected would look suspicious too--just like the Buchanan numbers in 2000

[saigon68]

7. The True CHIMPANZEE

The True CHIMPANZEE

[Spider Jerusalem]

8. Um, wha?

"Jack A. Bailey, a 53-year-old Republican and Lakeland nursery owner, said he has problems with Kerry, including his service in Vietnam."


Uh...all right...I don't get it.

"This French-looking, foreign-language-speaking, liberal pinko actually had the gall to volunteer for combat duty in Vietnam. I don't like it. Makes Bush look bad."

[JusticeForAll]

11. Um, wha? Part 2

Beverly Sheffield, 64, a Democrat who lives near Lakeland and works at Wal-Mart, said she is impressed by the president's promotion of religious and moral values.

"He is a Christian. He professes his Christianity," she said.


Idiot people deserve idiot presidents. What are the rest of us going to do?

It is unthinkable that a man solely responsible for 100,000+ deaths worldwide can be viewed as moral.

[Spider Jerusalem]

14. Actually, she's half right.

He's very vocal in professing to be a Christian. Doesn't mean he is one, though. And to this sort of person, "moral values" means "paying lip service to fundamentalist ideals and cracking down on those nasty immoral homosexuals". These people are not only stupid, they are deeply warped at a fundamental level.

[0007]

9. We'll win if everyone votes. "People Have the Power"

Vote as if your life depended on it, because it does.

Call 866 687-8683
If Poll Workers refuse you to vote for any reason
If there is a late opening or early closing of a polling place.
If your polling place runs out of ballots or has an incorrect ballot
If you experience poll worker insensitivity or discrimination in the voting process

The civil rights community have set up a toll-free Election Day hotline. This line is
staffed now and, in addition to logging your complaint, the civil rights organizations have law
students and attorneys who can provide assistance on Election Day.

the hotline number is
866 687-8683
202 457-0473 fax

[depakid]

10. Yeah, right- in contravention of EVERY OTHER REPORT

we've heard here for the last several days.

[DoYouEverWonder]

13. All I can say is bullshit

Bush isn't getting any of the black vote this time. He's losing most of the Cuban vote. The Jews who 'voted' for Buchanan certainly haven't turned Republican in 4 years. The only vote Bush is getting down here are the wacko fundies and the greedy, self-centered, he cut my taxes vote.

FLORIDA IS KERRY COUNTRY.

[JusticeForAll]

16. I keep forgetting about the thousand or so votes

that went to Buchanan...

More reason to believe we will win.

[robbedvoter]

15. Yup. That's the script so we'd accept it again. The REALITY now

is that 1,8 people voted early - which is 2.5 more than the 2000 vote.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x947098
So, they may try to steal again, but people won't buy it this time.
All them people staying hours in line to vote this week won't buy it. Neither will I. Hopefully, Florida will be irrelevant this time around - but it would be sweet if they fail to steal it!