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Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 8:12 PM
Subject: A few interesting statistics

> >From The Federalist   http://www.Federalist.com
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> FOR THE RECORD
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> Here are a few interesting statistics from our breakdown map of
> counties won by George Bush and Albert Gore
> (http://www.federalist.com/e2000.html) as compiled by law professor
> Joseph Olson. The last item is, perhaps, the most telling.
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> Counties won by Bush:  2,434
> Counties won by Gore:     677
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> Population of counties won by Bush:  143 million
> Population of counties won by Gore:  127 million
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> Square miles of country won by Bush: 2,427,000
> Square miles of country won by Gore:    580,000
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> States won by Bush:  29
> States won by Gore:  19
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> And now for the most remarkable finding....
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> Average Murder per 100,000 residents in counties won by Bush:   0.1
> Average Murder per 100,000 residents in counties won by Gore: 13.2
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> The Federalist's crack staff of researchers found one more interesting
> fact that might help explain these disparate murder rates. Gun
> ownership in the counties won by Mr. Bush is much higher than in the
> counties won by Mr. Gore!
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