Reply #12: Why does this feel so much like urban legend?

[SheilaT]

I really wonder how accurate this really is, but I don't have the means to check it all out. I'm especially doubting the murder rate statistic. The difference doesn't really make sense. And the population discrepancy is an interesting one. Gore voters voted in greater numbers. Bush won in places where a noticeably lower percentage of people voted. Which really does demonstrate that a low voter turnout favors Republican. (Which means, if you're a Republican, don't vote.)

This is further support for a true one person/one vote system of direct election rather than the stupid electoral college system.