Interesting irrelevant facts

[LJK Raubvogel]

Here's an interesting perspective.  Just a little food for thought for those
  of you who still are not totally convinced that the right man is getting the
  job....

  States won by Gore: 19
  States won by Bush: 29

  Counties won by Gore: 677
  Counties won by Bush: 2,434

  Pop. of counties won by Gore: 127 million
  Pop. of counties won by Bush: 143 million

  Sq miles of country won by Gore: 580,000
  Sq miles of country won by Bush: 2,427,000

  Professor Joseph Olson of the Hamline University School of Law in St.
  Paul Minnesota has produced another interesting new statistic. Professor
  Olson looked up the crime statistics for all of these counties and came
  up   with this:

  Avg Murder per 100,000 residents in counties won by Gore: 13.2
  Avg Murder per 100,000 residents in counties won by Bush: 2.1

  Now, what area of this country do you want electing the President of the
  United States, Gore's or Bush's? >> >>


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LJK_Raubvogel
LuftJägerKorps

 

[This message has been edited by LJK Raubvogel (edited 12-31-2000).]

[-duma-]

I will now use my favourite quote.

'Yes, well you can prove anything with facts, can't you?'  

[TheWobble]

here is a fack  THEY BOTH SUCK!
let these 4 years pass quickly so we can elect an idiot that at least can act like he's not an idiot.

[ispar]

Erm, yes, and your point would be...
Land area is a ridiculous way to show who won an election. The population statistic makes no sense, given the Gore won the popular vote. And the murder rate... since when does that relate to Gore? Is it his fault? Are Gore supporters bad people who kill a lot more than Bush supporters? The murder rate makes alot of sense when you consider that Gore won virtually every urban county in the country. Bush got more counties, Gore got more densely populated ones. The higher murder rate is a matter of population density, nothing more

BS stats like these, bearing little or no relation to the reality of a situation, are often brought up in these elections to justify the outcome - an outcome that doesn't need justification. The people in the Supreme courts made their rulings, and things ended up as they are. I think we can live with that for 4 years.

[-ammo-]

^^^^ Gore supporter

[LJK Raubvogel]

That's why the topic of my thread was Interesting IRRELEVANT Facts  

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LJK_Raubvogel
LuftJägerKorps

 

[This message has been edited by LJK Raubvogel (edited 12-31-2000).]

[ispar]

 

Originally posted by -ammo-:
^^^^ Gore supporter  

Erm, yes, as a matter of fact.   And I guess I didn't make the connection to the irrelevant part. Politics turn half of my brain off when I'm in the same room with them, so whaddya expect?  

[TheWobble]

I would consider it self incriminating to admit to supporting either of them deuchbags.