Kerry now has over 59 million votes

[minionofmidas]

Oh no!! Has Ohio flipped yet?

Yes, and so have Florida and Idaho.

[minionofmidas]

Seriously though, if votes would keep on coming in at this rate (Hahaha), Kerry'd overtake Bush sometime in september.

[minionofmidas]

HE'S GOING TO WIN@#!(*!1LOL

No, but he's only down 2.46% in the popular vote, instead of the 3% election night. Kerry seems to do better with non-Diebold votes.

Are you guys still cowing over this percentage thing?  Geez, it's been weeks since I've stated this, but I guess I'll have to say it again:

A 3 million lead (15%) out of 20 million votes is the same as a 3 million lead (3%) out of 100 million votes.  If there was 1 billion votes, 3 million represents 0.3%.

Depends in what sense. An Atlas Fantasy President elected by a margin of 20 votes has a very broad mandate indeed...now imagine a US president elected by 20 votes. 

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Yes, that is the sense in which your original statement holds true.

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We know that. Nor do we expect any to.

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I can't speak for everybody, but I fully realize that and still find some scant solace in the fact that the country, on aggregate, swung by "only" 3 percentage points rather than 3.5 points. No contradiction there. Obviously, there were so many new voters that it's hard to speak of an actual swing...in theory, no 2000 voters whatsoever might have changed their minds.