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October 30, 2004
Elections are often close
Don't miss this superb piece by Joseph Perkins, a columnist for the San Diego Union-Tribune:Richard Nixon would have captured the 1960 presidential election but for five states he lost by 5,000 votes or fewer – Missouri, Illinois, Nevada, New Mexico and Hawaii.
Gerald Ford would have retained the presidency in 1976 but for two states he lost by no more than 5,600 votes – Ohio and Hawaii.
Though the 1960 and 1976 elections were close, though they turned on a few thousand votes in a handful of states, the outcomes were faithfully accepted by the American people, by Republicans and Democrats alike.
That's because neither Nixon or Ford demanded that the votes be recounted in the states in which they lost by narrow margins. And neither Nixon or Ford insisted they were denied election because of voting irregularities in some state or another.
It will be very interesting to see how Mr. Kerry reacts if he loses several states by thousands of votes (with hundreds, I can definitely see him contesting it).
Posted by enduringfreedom at October 30, 2004 11:50 PM
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