Post by Valvilis on Nov 3, 2004 6:42:03 GMT -5
Okay, so I didn't get the landslide Kerry victory I wanted, but Bush has won yet either. Looks like we have a week or two of possible legal battles in Ohio before we know who won. :/ Just a few thoughts I'd like to rant about before going to bed.
1) I'd like to shove a sharp stick in everyone's ear who voted yes on proposal 2. All 65% of Michigan voters. Grrr.
2) Why the hell did CBS call the election for Bush by 11:00, when half of Ohio's votes weren't even in yet? Seriously, media, at least pretend you care about the actual facts. Until I had the good sense to turn on CNN and find out we won't have a president elect for a few days yet, I was pretty bummed. Stupid networks. I bet Fox called it for Bush sometime around noon...
3) Exit poll fun! All sorts of good sociological data comes from exit polls, and I found a lot of this year's interesting, but here's some relevant Michigan poll data:
VOTE BY RELIGION BUSH / KERRY / NADER
Protestant (53%) 54% 45% 0%
Catholic (29%) 49% 50% 0%
Jewish (2%) 22% 71% *
Other (6%) 32% 66% 3%
None (10%) 26% 69% 1%
ARE YOU A WHITE CONSERVATIVE PROTESTANT? BUSH / KERRY / NADER
Yes (17%) 92% 8% *
No (83%) 39% 59% 1%
Something to wrap your brain around. I also checked a few states and it seems to be the general trend that as education increases, voting for republicans increases, UNTIL you do some graduate work, then it goes back up for the democrats. A little knowlege is a dangerous thing afterall, eh?
Oh well, that's all for VoteVilis 04', join us again in 08' for Hillary Clinton vs. Arnold Shwartzanager (the election race, not the action movie).
1) I'd like to shove a sharp stick in everyone's ear who voted yes on proposal 2. All 65% of Michigan voters. Grrr.
2) Why the hell did CBS call the election for Bush by 11:00, when half of Ohio's votes weren't even in yet? Seriously, media, at least pretend you care about the actual facts. Until I had the good sense to turn on CNN and find out we won't have a president elect for a few days yet, I was pretty bummed. Stupid networks. I bet Fox called it for Bush sometime around noon...
3) Exit poll fun! All sorts of good sociological data comes from exit polls, and I found a lot of this year's interesting, but here's some relevant Michigan poll data:
VOTE BY RELIGION BUSH / KERRY / NADER
Protestant (53%) 54% 45% 0%
Catholic (29%) 49% 50% 0%
Jewish (2%) 22% 71% *
Other (6%) 32% 66% 3%
None (10%) 26% 69% 1%
ARE YOU A WHITE CONSERVATIVE PROTESTANT? BUSH / KERRY / NADER
Yes (17%) 92% 8% *
No (83%) 39% 59% 1%
Something to wrap your brain around. I also checked a few states and it seems to be the general trend that as education increases, voting for republicans increases, UNTIL you do some graduate work, then it goes back up for the democrats. A little knowlege is a dangerous thing afterall, eh?
Oh well, that's all for VoteVilis 04', join us again in 08' for Hillary Clinton vs. Arnold Shwartzanager (the election race, not the action movie).
