Poll: Fla. Voters Had No Voting Problems

[johnnie]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Most Florida voters had no problem casting a ballot on Election Day and many say they are confident their vote was counted correctly, a poll shows.

More than nine in 10 respondents said they had no problems, other than having to wait in long lines, according to the Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday.

While 75 percent of voters described themselves as "very confident" or "somewhat confident" their vote was correctly counted, the degree of satisfaction varied between winners and losers, according to assistant poll director Clay Richards.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&e=1&u=/ap/20041208/ap_on_el_pr/florida_voters_poll

They report this crap, but nothing of the thousands of complaints of election frauds.

[liberal N proud]

1. Propaganda shoveled out bu the machine to keep the faith

with their base.

[Newsjock]

2. So this means ...

... about 10% of voters did have problems? That's unacceptable.

[johnnie]

5. That's what I was thinking

Even ONE complaint should be news.

[rock]

6. Easily enough to swing the election

10% is a lot!

[fshrink]

16. 10% is amply enough to tilt the balance. Even 2% or less.

What was the difference betweem the idiot and Gore in 2000 already?

[Atman]

8. 10%?

75% were "Very..." or "Somewhat Confident." That means that 25% were NOT confident. Not good at all.



1st Amendment Shoppe

[FogerRox]

3. I was in Southerm Broward county

Miramar K/E office. I saw what happened. 6 to 12 hour lines. "I voted for Kerry --but it said Bush"---etc, We chased the Repub lawyers with our legal team all day on NOv. 2nd from Precinct to precinct. They started challenging voters 1st thing in the morning.

[kcass1954]

13. Problems too...

in Cooper City (middle to upper-middle income, predominantly white upscale community). I voted mid-afternoon on election day, so encountered no lines, not more than a 5-minute wait. But then again, Cooper City is not as "culturally diverse" as Mirimar, so we had plenty of machines and no one making challenges.

I had the same problem with the machine - it wasn't until I touched the Kerry box for the 3rd time that the 'X' appeared there instead of next to junior's name.

[Patsy Stone]

4. Tell that to the kids at UM...

They were waiting in line to vote until after midnight...

[Atman]

7. So 25% NO CONFIDENCE is now acceptable for "democracy?"

FUCK THAT. Do not believe ANYTHING coming out of Florida. That state is a pox on democracy itself, as long as the Bush Crime Family has anything to do with it.



1st Amendment Shoppe

[Igel]

9. Here's the poll and a snippet.

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x12942.xml?ReleaseID=591

33. (If voted election day or early voting location q30) Other than waiting in line, did you have any other problems or difficulties voting this year, or not?


Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom

Yes 7% 3% 8% 8% 3% 10%
No 93 97 92 91 97 90
DK/NA - - - - - -


35. (If voted q28/q29) How confident are you that your vote in the 2004 presidential election in Florida was counted correctly - very confident, somewhat confident, not too confident or not confident at all?


Voters 2004................................
Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom

Very confident 53% 79% 31% 49% 58% 49%
Smwht confident 22 16 27 28 21 24
Not too confident 11 2 22 11 8 14
Not at all 10 2 16 10 10 10
DK/NA 3 2 5 2 3 3

[GOPBasher]

10. They don't know that the machines ate their votes.

[Old Mouse]

11. If there wasn't a strong feeling of voter dissatisfaction

this would not be a news item at all. "Everybody Thinks Everything is Normal" is not a headline story.

[ibegurpard]

12. So what?

How do they know unless they sat there and WATCHED it being counted? Polling people on something they know nothing about is stupid. I can obviously see WHY it's being done and I wish more people could think critically enough to see through it.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

14. I see the media is supporting the end of American Democracy!

:puke:

[Megahurtz]

15. What ever happened to the media that was IN support

of American Democracy? They used to be liberals. What the hell happened???

[George W. Hayduke]

17. the propaganda and spin

is just starting.

brace yourself.