I need the exact number of votes * got? For my sister's project. Grrr.

[BlondieK143]

My sister has to finish her project and I *rolling eyes* have to be the one to help her on it (wouldn't be so bad but one of her interviews is SERIOUSLY pissing me off!). This lady (38) actually said she was voting for Bush because "I feel he will follow God's path more than Kerry." A big FUCK YOU lady. Thanks in advance guys.

[LiberalTechie1337]

1. According to CBS

Bush 59,459,765
Kerry 55,949,407
Nader 400,706

http://election.cbsnews.com/election2004/

[BlondieK143]

2. Thanks!

:(

[emulatorloo]

3. Be sure and get these figures also per Josh Marshall and phoney "mandate"

<snip>

I keep returning again and again to this issue of the comical overstatement of the Republican victory last Tuesday. But let me just hit at least once on two of the silliest talking points of those pushing this argument.


First is the argument, voiced by Mr Cheney and others, that President Bush won with more popular votes than any president in history. A truly silly point. Yes, the president got more popular votes than any other candidate in history. He is followed by John Kerry. And Kerry is followed by Ronald Reagan and Al Gore, in that order.


The fact that the president got more popular votes than anybody in the past isn't a measure of the margin of his victory. It's a measure of population growth, which (unless he's more of a bounder than we know) he is not responsible for, and a high-turnout election, for which his unpopularity is as responsible as his popularity.


And please, no more of this nonsense about how the president's crushing victory is plainly shown by just how much red there is on the map.

<snip>

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2004_11_07.php#003953