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[Jeremy Portzer <jeremyp AT pobox.com>]

On Tue, 2004-03-09 at 20:26, James Dasher wrote:

> I voted for him in a mental coin-toss in 2000.  I had no strong 
> preference between him and Gore, and since I lived and was registered 
> to vote in Orange County, I considered it a protest vote.  Like most 
> protest votes, it didn't count for @#$%, since Gore still took Orange 
> County.  But - also like most conscientious protesters - that didn't 
> matter, since at least I *felt* better.

Um, votes in the presidential election aren't tallied by county, but by
state.  Bush took North Carolina and your vote contributed to that.  Had
Bush not won North Carolina, he would not have won the presidency.

--Jeremy, voted for Harry Browne in 2000, so was my vote really "for
naught?"

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