At 05:15 PM 12/2/2004 -0800 d.brin wrote: >see also: >http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1106-30.htm
Dr. Brin, I do not understand how you can forward such a link to us. There is a very good explanation for the simple correlations described. Forida has 67 counties. Only 15 used touchscreens. The remainder used Opti-Scans. Only one of the 15 touchscreen counties is in North Florida - and that one being urban Duval County (Jacksonville.) None of the famous "Dixiecrat" counties of North Florida used touchscreens. The 34 smallest counties in Florida, by registration, all used Opti-Scan. Only 5 of the 50 smallest counties used Touchscreen. In contrast, the five largest counties in Florida by registration all used Touchscreens. Clearly, there is a strong correlation between voting technology and population... and the correlation between living in a rural county and voting for Bush is well documented. The article sites four examples of counties with high Democratic Registration and High Bush vote totals - Baker, Dixie, Franklin, and Holmes. All four of these are small, rural, North Florida counties. Moreover, two of these counties voted for Dole over Clinton in 1996, even as Clinton won the State. Three of them voted for Bush over Clinton in 1992. Quite self-evidently, these counties are hardly the Democratic-hotbeds their registration numbers suggest. Anyhow, I don't know how I can put it any plainer.... but let me know if you have any questions. JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
