rw wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
rw wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
rw wrote:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe you supported Nader against
Gore in 2000.

You're slightly wrong. Gore had Illinois sewn up so I *voted*
for the Green Party candidate hoping that the Greens could meet
the 5% threshold for inclusion on future ballots without petitions.
That didn't happen but Gore did take Illinois easily.

So you're claiming that you didn't really support Nader even though
you voted for him?

I'm claiming that I voted for the Green Party candidate.

That would have been Ralph Nader; who, by the way, cost Gore the
election (with some help from Jeb Bush and Katherine Harris).

You didn't use the calculator, did you ?

Illinois had 22 electoral votes in 2000. Follow along now
and pay attention. Gore won 55%, Bush won 43% and Nader
took 2%. With me so far ? So how many of Illinois' electoral
votes did Al Gore get ?

All 22 !! That's right. You're doing good Steve.

OK, I'll tell you ahead of time, this is a trick question
so concentrate. Let's suppose that Nader took 5% of the
vote and all of his votes came from Gore. Are you following ?
OK, here we go. That would mean Gore won 50% and Bush won 43%.
So how many of Illinois' 22 electoral votes would have gone
to Al Gore ?

Take your time, this electoral math stuff can get complicated.

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Ken Fortenberry