Friday, April 08, 2005
RMN: Kerry Should Have Won the 2004 Election
The Rocky Mountain News in Colorado did a study, and they find that John Kerry, the Downtrodden candidate for President, should have won based on geography. That's right - Poor Johnny lost because too many people bucked the trend and voted for his opponent. Yikes!
Study suggests geography favored Kerry
Based on this study, Bob Dole should have won in 1996, Mike Dukakis should have won in 1988, and Walter Mondale should have won in 1984.
Studies like this should be thrown right into the trash bin, because all they are is pure crap.
The Rocky Mountain News in Colorado did a study, and they find that John Kerry, the Downtrodden candidate for President, should have won based on geography. That's right - Poor Johnny lost because too many people bucked the trend and voted for his opponent. Yikes!
Study suggests geography favored Kerry
U.S. Sen. John Kerry was favored to win the 2004 presidential election, according to a geographic analysis.
"Kerry got more of his votes in the right places," said Ron Johnston, of the School of Geographic Sciences at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom.
"Geography was working for him. If he had done a little better in three or four states, he would have beaten Bush in the Electoral College."
Johnston's comments were part of his presentation of his paper on "Electoral Bias and the Electoral College" at the Association of American Geographers conference in Denver on Thursday.
His argument was that a deciding factor in the outcome of elections, especially in the U.S. with its Electoral College system, was vote efficiency.
Based on this study, Bob Dole should have won in 1996, Mike Dukakis should have won in 1988, and Walter Mondale should have won in 1984.
Studies like this should be thrown right into the trash bin, because all they are is pure crap.
