The Gap Is Getting Larger

[Postmanx]

http://news.yahoo.com/electionresults

52% to 47%

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. That will change.

We have work to do.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

2. These are old results. Bush has 59.3 Million and Kerry 56.3 Million.

It's a 2.9 percent gap.

[PeteGammons]

3. Those numbers are wrong

Just a couple of days ago, it was 59M to 55.6M. Now they've got 56M to 52 M?

[AuntPatsy]

4. I really don't like these maps, we must take into account that these

so called red states are half blue even if they are lying to say otherwise...perhaps it would be best to use more of percentage in each state, it shows way too many americans don't give a dam about what this country was founded on and I for one don't believe it!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

7. That would be nice

A little encouragement to the Dem's in red states. Some were so close all we have to do is just push them a bit more. Instead it feels like we are just throwing in the towel on every red state.

[Postmanx]

11. Wouldn't awarding percentages also work for Bush?

Wouldn't awarding percentages also work for Bush?

He would get part of CA and part on NY, and he would still end up winning with the larger percentage of the popular vote.

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. We can fix that. Here's how

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FIGHT! Take this country back one town and state at a time!
http://www.geocities.com/greenpartyvoter/electionreform.htm

[buckettgirl]

6. correct me if I misunderstand this....

but I went to the yahoo link, and yes, it does show 56M to 52M for Bush. What I don't get is it says 91% of precincts reporting and that Bush won 31 states and Kerry won 20 states. If not all the precincts are reporting, then how can they know how many states each one won and why are they counting 51 states????
Never mind, i understand now, I wasn't counting D.C.!
what a duh moment!

[trotsky]

9. DC has 3 electoral votes.

It is referred to as a "state" in this case.

On edit: LOL, you caught it even before I posted this!

[Democat]

8. Those results are old and wrong, here are some updated closer numbers

Bush 59,459,765 51% 286
Kerry 55,949,407 48% 252
Nader 400,706 1% 0
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/president/

[NewYorkerfromMass]

10. NY Times numbers now

Popular Electoral
Bush 59,539,155 (51.0%) 286
Kerry 56,030,542 (48.0%) 252
Nader 401,744 (0.3%) 0

http://www.nytimes.com/ref/elections2004/2004President.html

[FormerOstrich]

12. This is wrong, too.

New Mexico went blue yesterday (that's what I read anyway).

Which brings up a good question:

Does anyone update all the nationwide data (except us) as the absentee and provisional ballots are counted?

If you go to CNNs home page there is not a single link to election data. MSNBC does have a link but the data hasn't been updated since Wednesday.