Jack Kirby, the creator of the New Gods also created "Forever People" - which featured Mark Moonrider (sounds like Luke Skywalker) - a cowboy named Sarifan (Han Solo?) - a tall, hairy character which drove named Big Bear (Chewbacca?) and Beautiful Dreamer (Princess Leia?) - in there first issue (1970/1971) they had to rescue the Beautiful Dreamer (Leia) from the clutches of Darkseid (pronounced Dark Side - the Darth Vader character) - Jack Kirby never got the credit Flash Gordon / Kurasawa (sp?) / Campbell received for his part of inspiring Lucas. He also created / co-created a good chunk of the original Marvel Universe.
I love a great conspiracy - this is what I could find about the counties in Florida. So, I looked at the prior six presidential elections in those counties - I independently verified the 2000 results with CBS News...
Links I used to get data:
Conspiracy: http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1106-30.htm
2000 election results: http://www.cbsnews.com/campaign2000results/county/ county_flop-0.html
State of Florida: http://election.dos.state.fl.us/elections/resultsa rchive/Index.asp?ElectionDate=11/4/86&DATAMODE =
In Baker County, for example, with 12,887 registered voters, 69.3% of them Democrats and 24.3% of them Republicans, the vote was only 2,180 for Kerry and 7,738 for Bush, the opposite of what is seen everywhere else in the country where registered Democrats largely voted for Kerry.
In 2000...Bush 5,610; Gore 2,392 (Winner percentage% - between both candidates, not 3rd parties: 70%) (Nader - 53 votes)
In 1996...Dole 3,684; Clinton 2,273 (61.2%) (Perot - 667)
In 1992...Bush 3,417; Clinton 1,974 (63.4%) (Perot - 1,315)
In 1988...Bush 3,414; Dukakis 1,353 (71.6%)
In 1984...Reagan 3,484; Mondale 1,381 (71.6%)
In 1980...Carter 2,606; Reagan 2,271 (53.4%)
Fact: Baker last voted for a Democratic President in 1980 - Even Dole got 61%
In Dixie County, with 9,676 registered voters, 77.5% of them Democrats and a mere 15% registered as Republicans, only 1,959 people voted for Kerry, but 4,433 voted for Bush.
In 2000...Bush 2,697; Gore 1,826 (59.6%) (Nader - 75 votes)
In 1996...Clinton 1,731; Dole 1,398 (55.3%) (Perot - 652)
In 1992...Clinton 1,855; Bush 1,401 (57%) (Perot - 1,094)
In 1988...Bush 2,027; Dukakis 1,366
In 1984...Reagan 2,204; Mondale 1,224
In 1980...Carter 2,007; Reagan 1,098
Fact: Dixie voted for Carter and Clintonx2 - but also voted for Reagan and Bush 41 & 43
Franklin County, 77.3% registered Democrats, went 58.5% for Bush.
In 2000...Bush 2,454; Gore 2,046 (54.3%) (Nader - 85 votes)
In 1996...Clinton 2,095; Dole 1,563 (57.3%) (Perot - 878)
In 1992...Bush 1,660; Clinton 1,534 (52%) (Perot - 1,143)
In 1988...Bush 1,911; Dukakis 1,283
In 1984...Reagan 2,218; Mondale 1,089
In 1980...Carter 1,772; Reagan 1,500
Fact: Carter and Clinton both won once; Clinton got over 57% of the vote in 1996 - nowhere near 77.3%
Holmes County, 72.7% registered Democrats, went 77.25% for Bush.
In 2000...Bush 5,011; Gore 2,177 (69.7%) (Nader - 94 votes)
In 1996...Dole 3,248; Clinton 2,310 (58.4%) (Perot - 1,208)
In 1992...Bush 3,196; Clinton 1,877 (63%) (Perot - 1,426)
In 1988...Bush 4,221; Dukakis 1,639
In 1984...Reagan 4,547; Mondale 1,231
In 1980...Reagan 3,208; Carter 2,767
Fact: Holmes looks like it's a Republican County since 1980 at least.
Conclusion: Need to verify against newspaper/official records at the time - which I'm not going to do. Think it's a pretty weak case and there don't seem to be enough votes to overturn what Bush won by.
Can't say there wasn't voter fraud, but can't say there was either.
My interest in stats far outweighs my actual knowledge in it.
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Jack Kirby, the creator of the New Gods also created "Forever People" - which featured Mark Moonrider (sounds like Luke Skywalker) - a cowboy named Sarifan (Han Solo?) - a tall, hairy character which drove named Big Bear (Chewbacca?) and Beautiful Dreamer (Princess Leia?) - in there first issue (1970/1971) they had to rescue the Beautiful Dreamer (Leia) from the clutches of Darkseid (pronounced Dark Side - the Darth Vader character) - Jack Kirby never got the credit Flash Gordon / Kurasawa (sp?) / Campbell received for his part of inspiring Lucas. He also created / co-created a good chunk of the original Marvel Universe.
I love a great conspiracy - this is what I could find about the counties in Florida. So, I looked at the prior six presidential elections in those counties - I independently verified the 2000 results with CBS News... Links I used to get data: Conspiracy: http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1106-30.htm 2000 election results: http://www.cbsnews.com/campaign2000results/county/ county_flop-0.html
State of Florida: http://election.dos.state.fl.us/elections/resultsa rchive/Index.asp?ElectionDate=11/4/86&DATAMODE =
In Baker County, for example, with 12,887 registered voters, 69.3% of them Democrats and 24.3% of them Republicans, the vote was only 2,180 for Kerry and 7,738 for Bush, the opposite of what is seen everywhere else in the country where registered Democrats largely voted for Kerry.
In 2000...Bush 5,610; Gore 2,392 (Winner percentage% - between both candidates, not 3rd parties: 70%) (Nader - 53 votes)
In 1996...Dole 3,684; Clinton 2,273 (61.2%) (Perot - 667)
In 1992...Bush 3,417; Clinton 1,974 (63.4%) (Perot - 1,315)
In 1988...Bush 3,414; Dukakis 1,353 (71.6%)
In 1984...Reagan 3,484; Mondale 1,381 (71.6%)
In 1980...Carter 2,606; Reagan 2,271 (53.4%)
Fact: Baker last voted for a Democratic President in 1980 - Even Dole got 61%
In Dixie County, with 9,676 registered voters, 77.5% of them Democrats and a mere 15% registered as Republicans, only 1,959 people voted for Kerry, but 4,433 voted for Bush.
In 2000...Bush 2,697; Gore 1,826 (59.6%) (Nader - 75 votes)
In 1996...Clinton 1,731; Dole 1,398 (55.3%) (Perot - 652)
In 1992...Clinton 1,855; Bush 1,401 (57%) (Perot - 1,094)
In 1988...Bush 2,027; Dukakis 1,366
In 1984...Reagan 2,204; Mondale 1,224
In 1980...Carter 2,007; Reagan 1,098
Fact: Dixie voted for Carter and Clintonx2 - but also voted for Reagan and Bush 41 & 43
Franklin County, 77.3% registered Democrats, went 58.5% for Bush.
In 2000...Bush 2,454; Gore 2,046 (54.3%) (Nader - 85 votes)
In 1996...Clinton 2,095; Dole 1,563 (57.3%) (Perot - 878)
In 1992...Bush 1,660; Clinton 1,534 (52%) (Perot - 1,143)
In 1988...Bush 1,911; Dukakis 1,283
In 1984...Reagan 2,218; Mondale 1,089
In 1980...Carter 1,772; Reagan 1,500
Fact: Carter and Clinton both won once; Clinton got over 57% of the vote in 1996 - nowhere near 77.3%
Holmes County, 72.7% registered Democrats, went 77.25% for Bush.
In 2000...Bush 5,011; Gore 2,177 (69.7%) (Nader - 94 votes)
In 1996...Dole 3,248; Clinton 2,310 (58.4%) (Perot - 1,208)
In 1992...Bush 3,196; Clinton 1,877 (63%) (Perot - 1,426)
In 1988...Bush 4,221; Dukakis 1,639
In 1984...Reagan 4,547; Mondale 1,231
In 1980...Reagan 3,208; Carter 2,767
Fact: Holmes looks like it's a Republican County since 1980 at least.
Conclusion: Need to verify against newspaper/official records at the time - which I'm not going to do. Think it's a pretty weak case and there don't seem to be enough votes to overturn what Bush won by.
Can't say there wasn't voter fraud, but can't say there was either.
My interest in stats far outweighs my actual knowledge in it.