[Torie]

It is absurd because there is nothing to support it, statistically or otherwise. The swing to Bush in Palm Beach and Broward was close to the statewide average, and that frankly surprises me, since nationally, Bush gained 6% amoung Jewish voters, which was double the average swing, somewhat less vis a vis the Florida swing, but still more. Bush underperformed in short in Palm Beach and Broward, all things being equal, given the high Jewish population.

[ThePythonicCow]

It is absurd because there is nothing to support it, statistically or otherwise.

The case for it was made in the following FreeRepublic post on Nov 15, 2000: "Explicit statistical evidence of massive ballot tampering in Palm Beach, Fl" and reposted Jan 9, 2004: "Explicit statistical evidence of massive ballot tampering in Palm Beach, Fl".

Bush underperformed in short in Palm Beach and Broward, all things being equal, given the high Jewish population.

From what I can tell from my scratchings on the back of an old piece of paper, the above ballot tampering does not account for all, or even most, of Bush's under performance in Broward and Palm Beach. Your observation on the high Jewish population there might well explain the majority of the shift.

Did Bush get less Jewish vote than Gore/Lieberman? I would believe it if so, though given that Lierberman was Jewish, and Bush has been especially friendly to Israel, it sure would suggest that I don't understand the Jewish way of thinking if such were so.

[ThePythonicCow]

Bush gained 6% amoung Jewish voters, which was double the average swing, somewhat less vis a vis the Florida swing, but still more. Bush underperformed in short in Palm Beach and Broward, all things being equal, given the high Jewish population.

Ah - reading more of what you wrote - you allow that Bush gained in the Jewish vote nation wide. So I can make no sense of your statement that he underperformed in Palm Beach and Broward because of the high Jewish population.

Are you saying that, even though Bush gained in the Jewish vote, he gained in the non-Jewish vote in Florida by a better percentage?