Dan wrote:
On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 01:44:40 -0400, longwave
wrote:


'Statewide' means all polling districts in the state. There was no
statewide recount in Florida.


OIC, we're playing semantic games. There were several recounts of
all of the contested counties in Florida. Bush won all of them.

No one was demanding a "statewide" recount.

Dan


Another factor in Florida was the networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox, &
MSNBC) forgot or didn't realize the Republican leaning western panhandle
is in a different time zone than the rest of the state, so at 8 eastern,
they announced the polls were closed and called the state for Gore.

I've read estimates this resulted in a net loss of 7,500 to 10,000 votes
for the Bush ticket. Bob Beckel, a political advisor for the Democrats
estimated "up to 8,000".

Florida wasn't nearly as close as most people think.