Word: buchananism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...election that will most likely be decided by a few thousand votes, situations like this could prove crucial. This explains why so great a focus is being placed on the possibility that some Floridians may have voted for Pat Buchanan instead of Gore because of ballots they called unclear...
Palm Beach was the focal point of many of yesterday's claims, as charges were aired that confused ballots had led many Gore supporters--potentially hundreds--to unwittingly cast their vote for Pat Buchanan after the ballots in three precincts were misprinted...
...presidential candidates in Florida, and in most counties they were on a single ballot form. But in Palm Beach, where a lot of elderly people reside, officials decided to use larger type and spread the candidates over two sheets. And the unorthodox configuration placed the Gore punch hole near Buchanan's - Gore's hole is third but his name is second from the left hand side, opposite Buchanan's punch hole. And Democratic officials believe this created a confusion that saw Buchanan get a number of Gore votes. But it remains to be seen whether their lawyers will be able...
...process, he's also made himself a whole lot of enemies. Reform party candidate Pat Buchanan, who received less than 1 percent of the popular vote, had a few words of advice for Nader Wednesday morning: "I would currently advise Ralph, given the numbers that I've seen, that he may be interested in Secret Service protection... from some angry Democrats...
...recount holds up for George W. Bush, the founding fathers and the people will disagree for the first time in more than a century. What then? A crisis of methodology - can a ballot really be so unreadable as to induce a wealthy Jewish senior to vote for Pat Buchanan? Could a rash news media's conjured-up Florida roller coaster actually have affected the outcome of an election that in the western states was ongoing...