I had fun discussing political and social issues with the only person at the Sports Page who voted for Kerry, or more accurately, voted against Bush. He cited his concern about the reductions of personal liberties, to which he has a point in some regards. This was not something I broached; instead, the fellow trivia [...]
I do feel a small sense of pride in the fact that my absentee vote will be among those which could determine Ohio’s electors.
As dawn broke Wednesday, Bush led Kerry by about 135,000 votes after an Election Day of high turnout and long lines that had some voters casting ballots long after midnight.
But the heavy [...]
In the State of Ohio, the Secretary of State certified 7,531,555 votes cast for the electors of a President in 2000. A single vote's influence, then could be expressed as:
1 / 7531555 = 1.327747058874300E-07 according to Microsoft Excel on a Pentium IV.
The Windows XP calculator displayed 1.3305746086447432323648967806747e-6 for the same calculation. [...]
