Posted on 10/15/2004 2:34:24 PM PDT by bcatwilly
This is certainly something that might make any "polls" coming from Florida a little less reliable and certainly not in Bush's favor if this article is accurate. Hopefully people really do make every effort to vote even through this rough time.
'Bush Country' Areas Of Florida Hit Most By Storms
Perhaps it is good news for Bush, if the storms hit in Bush areas, then poll takers can't contact them if power is out and phones are down. But Bush has been up in vast majority of polls, I have seen
Seems urban-legendish. And lo...look what we have on Snopes.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/hurricane.asp
I heard this last week on Coast to Coast AM. I think it was the Friday show. The guest specifically mentions that if you laid out the counties that were hit by all hurricanes, they were mostly Bush won counties.
Just remember, it was Dubya that signed the relief packages for Florida, not Kerry.
Bush Country = all but the coastline.
Yeah, but didn't Bush win most of the counties in the first place? Gore typically only won in cities and certain suburbs, but by large margins -- Bush won considerably more area, not just in Florida, but nation-wide.
The only Rat counties in FL are Broward, Dade and Palm Beach, and they have been relatively unscathed by the hurricanes (except maybe for Northern PBC). So it stands to reason that the rest of Florida is going to be "Bush Country."
The whole point of the news story and my post is to point out that there may be some potential for more Bush supporters to be in quite a state of transition due to the hurricanes, which makes voting more difficult or less of a priority. Good thing we are considering it as noted below from the story, and President Bush is supposed to be there tomorrow to kick of the national "Walk The Vote" efforts (of which my wife and I will be doing here in West Virginia).
There's no doubt that the hurricanes pounded Bush country. In the 17 counties that suffered the most serious effects of the storms, only four supported Democrat Al Gore in 2000. Bush received 913,919 votes, or 52 percent, compared to 854,089 for Gore in those hard hit counties, a total that's particularly impressive considering Palm Beach County gave Gore nearly 117,000 more votes than Bush.
Republicans realize they need a strong turnout in areas like the Panhandle, southwest Florida and the Treasure Coast along the Atlantic, all hit hard by the storms. Republican Party of Florida spokeswoman Mindy Tucker Fletcher said the effect on turnout has been taken "into strong consideration."
"In the hurricane affected counties, from phone to mail to walk programs, it's been factored in," she said. "We've tried to think of every way we can to enable them to get to the polls or to be able to vote."
HA! Good point, I didn't even consider that ;)
And I can tell you, our Bush/Cheney headquarters are jumping with activity, and the phone lines are busy, and the workers are energized.
We're up and running just fine, thank you!!!!!!
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