Gore Won Florida by 29,756 votes

[Brad Mayer]

A reminder that the substantive issue that provoked the 'anti-inaugural' 
mobilization was not the miscount of actual votes, but the widespread voter 
intimidation against 'undesirables', especially African-Americans, in 
Florida (and other states as well, although it was probably 'strategically' 
concentrated in Florida, for the same reason Gore picked Lieberman as his 
running mate).

The first issue, although of legitimate interest, is primarily of a 
technical nature that motivates Democratic Party professionals.  The second 
is a civil rights issue of vital concern to ordinary people, and the fact 
that it happened at all, and is of no concern to either the Democratic or 
Republican Party hierarchies, should provoke the deepest concern of leftists.

Again, this latter issue is the only reason there was an anti-inaugural 
mobilization at all (however unwilling it was to militantly challenge the 
Bush coronation, thanks to the influence of the Democrats).   Let's keep 
our eyes on the prize...

-Brad Mayer


>According to this morning's Chicago Tribune, the Miami Herald's recount came
>out with the opposite result. --jks
> >
> >Worth checking out http://www.gorewonflorida.org to see the numbers from
> >the
> >statewide recounts by the consoritum of news organizations recounting
> >ballots statewide. By the standard of where votes were "reasonably clear",
> >Gore won by 29,756 votes. And by the narrower standard of where the vote
> >was "perfectly clear", Gore still won by 1017 votes.
> >
> >Good graphs too :)
> >
> >-- Nathan Newman