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"fait accompli 2004" |
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03 Nov 2004 02:52:17 AM |
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**IT LOOKS LIKE BUSH, BUT KERRY CLINGS TO HOPE......................................... |
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It looks like Bush... - But Kerry clings to hope
Wednesday, November 03, 2004
Bush. seems set for a second term
US President George Bush seemed early today to be on course to a
second term in the White House despite a spirited challenge from
Democrat John Kerry.
At 1:30 local time Bush was projected to have secured 269 Electoral
College votes, just one short of the 270 required to win the
presidency and with a clutch of states still to report. He was
competitive in most.
Among the states called for Bush by television analysts was the key
battleground state of Ohio. Kerry officials, however, did not concede
the state, saying that there were still more than 200,000 votes still
to be counted in the state.
Kerry, minus the 20 Ohio votes, had secured 207 Electoral
College votes. While it was still statistically possible for him to
get the remaining 63 required for the presidency, most analysts felt
it highly improbable.
Kerry. has secured 207 Electoral College votes
Bush not only won the majority Electoral College votes, but also took
the popular vote, leading Kerry by 51 per cent to 48 per cent.
Bush won the keenly contested state of Florida by a comfortable
margin, unlike the situation four years ago when he scraped through by
fewer than six-hundreds in an election that was eventually settled by
the US Supreme Court.
Up to press time neither Bush nor Kerry had made a public statement,
but earlier Bush was confident of victory.
"I believe I will win, thank you very much," Bush declared, even as
Kerry defeated him in the battleground of Pennsylvania and won
California's huge electoral prize as expected.
Voters were torn over the presidential race, in ways all too familiar.
Exit polls suggested that slightly more voters trusted Bush to handle
terrorism than Kerry. A majority said the country was safer from
terrorism than four years ago, and they overwhelmingly backed Bush.
Both sides spent a combined $600 million on TV and radio ads, more
than twice the total from 2000.
Bush won among white men, voters with family incomes above $100,000
and weekly churchgoers. Three-fourths of white voters who described
themselves as born-again Christians or evangelicals supported Bush.
The president had hoped to increase his support among the religious
right since 2000, but exit polls suggest there was little change.
Kerry retained Gore's margins among blacks and union households, key
parts of the Democratic base. His voters named the economy and Iraq as
top issues.
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