Recounts show Gore would have won 1 comment

12 Nov 2001 @ 00:09, by Flemming Funch A consortium of media companies commissioned a recount of all Florida ballots in the U.S. presidential race. No matter which standard is used for the recount, Gore comes out ahead, but only with between 42 and 171 votes, depending on the method. However, ironically, if only the counties had been recounted that Gore asked for, Bush would still have won. The analysis of the effect of the several seriously misleading ballots showed that Gore lost out of many thousands of votes that were meant for him, but that were misplaced for other candidates because of the design of the ballots. Interestingly, most all of the media companies are downplaying the clear results of this study, presenting it in their headlines as if Bush still would have won, but revealing the opposite in the details of their articles, except for a couple of them who seem to add things up differently. AP: Fla. Vote Study Shows Thin Margin... NY TIMES: Study of Disputed Florida Ballots Finds Justices Did Not Cast the Deciding... LA TIMES: Bush Wins, Gore Wins-- Depends on How Ballots Are Added Up... PALM BEACH POST: Bush won recounts...Gore had more votes... NEWSDAY: Bush-Gore Election Revisited... WASH POST: Study: Recounts Would Have Favored Bush... CNN: Florida recount study: Bush still wins... CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Ballots, rules, voter error led to 2000 election muddle, review shows... WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN ARI FLEISCHER: 'There's no news here. It's over'... AL GORE: 'As I said on Dec. 13th of last year, we are a nation of laws and the presidential election of 2000 is over. And of course, right now, our country faces a great challenge as we seek to successfully combat terrorism. I fully support President Bush's efforts to achieve that goal'...

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