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Kevin Drum at the Washington Monthly’s blog reminds us that a lot of states were close during the presidential election four years ago, and then predicts lots of lawyers in the nation’s very near electoral future.

State

Bush

Gore

Vote Margin

% Margin

Florida

2,912,790

2,912,253

537

0.0%

New Mexico

286,417

286,783

366

0.1%

Wisconsin

1,237,279

1,242,987

5,708

0.2%

Iowa

634,373

638,517

4,144

0.3%

And he finishes with this:

The only reason the bottom three states weren’t litigated was because Bush didn’t need them. This year, my guess is that everything will be in play.

posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Nov 1, 04 @ 11:10 am

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State	Bush	Gore	Vote Margin	% Margin
Florida	2,912,790	2,912,253	537	0.0%
New Mexico	286,417	286,783	366	0.1%
Wisconsin	1,237,279	1,242,987	5,708	0.2%
Iowa	634,373	638,517	4,144	0.3%