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Suddenly, the margin was a mere 217 votes...
...this time, Florida vote counters had reported about 94 percent of the returns. Bush led by about 30,000 votes. As the percentages slowly grew, the margin of victory diminished rapidly. Those returns were largely from Democratic South Florida...
Against the two opponents Quinnipiac had in common with Harvard, the Braves were 0-2, while the Crimson was 2-0. Quinnipiac was shut out by both Yale (5-0) and Boston University (2-0), each of whom Harvard dropped by a 3-1 margin...
...recount reveals that Bush has, in fact, taken Florida's electoral votes by a margin greater than the requisite .5 percent. Gore concedes, and we all go back to our lives...
...press time, the Green party had pulled down 3 percent (or 2.5 million) of the popular vote nationwide, while Gore and George W. Bush remained divided by a margin of less than 200,000 ballots. Across the country, disillusioned Democrats, liberals, environmentalists and trade union members stuck to their guns and voted for Nader, ignoring entreaties from former compatriots scared out of the Nader camp by the specter of a Bush presidency. Gloria Steinem and Melissa Etheridge, once Nader supporters, reversed course in the last weeks before the election, and campaigned mightily for Gore. And while their efforts, as well...