Here are some interesting statistics from the 2000 presidential election:
States won by Gore: 19
Sates won by Bush: 29
Counties won by Gore: 677
Counties won by Bush: 2,434
Square miles of country won by Gore: 127 million
Square miles of country won by Bush: 143 million
Professor Joseph Olson of the Hamline University of Law in St. Paul, MN has produced another interesting statistic. Professor Olson looked up the crime statistics for all of the counties and came up with this:
Average murder per 100,000 residents in counties won by Gore: 13.2
Average murder per 100,000 residents in counties won by Bush: 2.1
Now, what area of the country do you want electing the next President of the United States, Gore’s or Bush’s?
Jake Mehring,
Malibu High School student