THe military vote may be mostly Republican, but like the rest of the election it's going to be a close split, 60/40 at best. If Gore picks up the 2000 votes from the confused voters in the recount, or if the recount gives him enough additional votes to go up more than 1000 on Gore, then this is a whole new election. The military vote is just an additional factor...the chances that it's going to be more than +1000 for Bush is pretty unlikely (there are approx 2000 overseas votes...at most 1500 voted Bush). The key is those 2000 "accidental" votes, if they're allowed to be recounted.
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THe military vote may be mostly Republican, but like the rest of the election it's going to be a close split, 60/40 at best. If Gore picks up the 2000 votes from the confused voters in the recount, or if the recount gives him enough additional votes to go up more than 1000 on Gore, then this is a whole new election. The military vote is just an additional factor...the chances that it's going to be more than +1000 for Bush is pretty unlikely (there are approx 2000 overseas votes...at most 1500 voted Bush). The key is those 2000 "accidental" votes, if they're allowed to be recounted.