Wednesday, November 3, 2004

The US election just passed, with the counting coming to an end. Only left in tow is that crucial Ohio, as well as Iowa and New Mexico. Final turn out so far: Kerry 252, Bush 254. To win, one needs 270 electoral votes.Despite that, Bush wins the popular vote by half a million. Ohio, been in sight as individually the most important state by both sides, is the kingmaker in this bout. With about a gain of around 23 to the victor,it obviously takes him beyond that line to legitimacy. The current tallies stand with Bush leading with just a 2% majority. However, that 2%, while being a small margin of difference, compromises a large number of votes, around 100k. The only ballots untouched are those considered provisional: votes contraversially considered ineligable. A large turnout was registered with 60% hearing and bearing heeds of its importance this time around. Informally, Bush is expected to get his second term. Although Ohio is still officially in count with its provisional votes still untampered, those votes are likely to be reduced to a pile which is incapable to compensate those 100k votes for Bush. Not to mention that a significant volume of them would probably be considered cracked. So, what made Bush tick this time? Unlike 2000? Well, wait for tommorow for analysis. This global citizen is dozing offfffffffffffffffffffffffff

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