Reply #20: OK, Dean Wins Gore's States, Inlcuding Florida [View All]

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This is base on the fact that without the one-time effect of the butterfly ballot, Gore had an additional 19,000 votes. Without the purge of erroneous felons, the margin would have been several times that.

That's over 290 electoral votes.

Dean could pick up a few other close states, too. Definitely New Hampshire. Possibly a few competitive Western states like Colorado where Dean's gun position helps rather than hurts.

Seriously, with the Democrats having a lock on NY, CA, and MA, I think the Republicans have to do some math to figure out how Bush can win again. Without Florida, all the swing states can go to the GOP and they still won't win.