We heard it would come down to OH or FL based on polling information, which turned out to be pretty accurate, showing which states would go which way.
At 01:30 PM 11/7/2004, Tod E. Santee wrote:
Wouldn't "look like" ... even if it did. That's another problem of its own. We heard for weeks it would come down to Florida or Ohio. So what we really would find out is:
"Was it OH or FL" or whichever states it is that year.
Maybe it always was that way .... we just hear it quicker now.
Best!
Tod
Jim Lubin wrote:
It came down to Ohio's 20 Electoral votes deciding because they had already called Arizona's 10 votes (where Bush got 55%, Kerry got 44%) and Arkansas's 6 votes (Bush 54%, Kerry 45%) for Bush.
If they just make the poll close at the same time across the country, 6pm in Hawaii/11pm in the East, then all the votes would be counted at the same time and it wouldn't look like 1 state decided for the rest.
At 12:43 PM 11/7/2004, QuadPirate wrote:
I hear you Tod, I live in Ark and I felt the same way.
Mark
