On Fri, 05 Jan 2001 22:55:23 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J. Williams)
wrote:
> On Fri, 05 Jan 2001 16:56:03 -0500, Rich Ulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
>
> >What is your corollary issue? I don't see that you name one ... I
>
> It is simple. If your state was divided into two time zones and it
> was announced the election for all intents and purposes was "over,"
> would you stand in line to vote? In particular, if you were a first
< snip, rest >
Well, that is the "minor question" that I pointed to. With its
difficulties.
I think, as Dennis mentions, the gross evidence from looking at
East Coast vs West suggested a little bit, in an earlier election.
But it is hard enough to deal with. 10 minutes worth of "early" for
the Florida panhandle is not much data to get started with.
Has anyone presented any anecdotal evidence on this one?
- I read that some statistician raised the number, "10,000 votes,"
which excited some Republicans, because here (finally) was one bias
that went the opposite direction of all the others (presuming GOP
voters, mainly, would turn around and go home). In my scratch
calculations: I figured there were 10-30,000 voters there, in those
last 10 minutes. So that number was (if it made any sense at all) the
maximum of the number of people-yet-to-vote who could have heard the
news. If they were watching TV at home, they were probably too late
already. (Oh, another Q. How soon did it make radio?)
--
Rich Ulrich, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.pitt.edu/~wpilib/index.html
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