in the final hours of the campaign.
I hear people saying they're tired of hearing doubters. Well,
tough, I'm not tired of thinking so deal with it.
Here is what happened in Clermont Ohio in 2004. Very
interesting.
http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2004/1012
The Free Press
Election results in Southwestern Ohio
by Richard Hayes Phillips, Ph.D.
December 21, 2004
[b]CLERMONT COUNTY [/b]
The best way to illustrate what happened in Clermont County is
to begin by presenting two tables, showing very different
voting patterns in two townships.
Tate Township
Registered Voters Turnout
2000 2004 Change 2000 2004 Bush Kerry Bush Gore
A 502 517 + 2.9% 68.7 72.9 270 105 226 109
B 401 411 + 2.5% 51.1 58.9 167 71 131 69
C 451 480 + 6.4% 69.4 76.3 263 93 226 76
D 458 512 +11.8% 68.3 74.2 272 102 217 87
E 309 313 + 1.3% 70.2 77.3 169 68 131 82
F 353 370 + 4.8% 61.8 72.7 211 56 146 68
G 394 459 +16.5% 73.4 78.9 271 88 221 61
H 707 772 + 9.2% 65.6 76.0 415 167 320 129
I 403 423 + 5.0% 62.3 72.1 201 99 172 71
3978 4257 + 7.0% 65.7 73.5 2239 849 1790 752
Every precinct in Tate Township reported a modest increase in
voter registration, quite in line with the 10.2% increase
county wide. It was the voter turnout, up by 7.8%, which
translated into a big win for Bush. Excluding third-party
candidates, there were 546 more votes cast for president in
2004 than in 2000. Bush got 449 of them, and Kerry got 97.
Batavia Township
Registered Voters Turnout
2000 2004 Change 2000 2004 Bush Kerry Bush Gore
A 987 1263 +28.0% 59.3 66.3 594 232 412 161
B 560 1038 +85.4% 61.3 63.7 422 233 217 122
C 901 993 +10.2% 54.3 66.9 466 190 321 157
D 828 1061 +28.1% 66.2 70.8 557 189 385 157
E 559 937 +67.6% 53.1 70.4 452 202 170 112
F 444 503 +13.3% 56.8 72.6 247 115 141 103
G 702 930 +32.5% 64.0 72.3 451 214 298 136
H 468 583 +24.6% 71.6 79.6 337 121 233 92
I 567 287 -49.4% 44.6 81.2 180 52 167 79
J 679 938 +38.1% 69.5 76.9 516 195 325 134
K 1006 1269 +26.1% 60.7 68.4 645 215 431 166
L 675 592 -12.3% 59.1 63.0 222 149 232 164
8376 10394 +24.1% 59.9 69.9 5089 2107 3332 1583
In Batavia Township the voter registration rates are
unbelievable. The increase is said to be 24.1% for the entire
township, compared to 9.1% elsewhere in the county. The
increases range as high as 67.6% in Precinct E, where 378 new
voters were registered. It appears that nearly all of them
voted. Turnout is said to have increased by 17.3%. Excluding
third-party candidates, there were 372 more votes cast for
president in 2004 than in 2000 in Precinct E alone. Bush got
282 of them, and Kerry got 90. On the other hand, decreases
in voter registration rates range as high as 49.4% in Precinct
I, where 280 voters were lost from the rolls. Nearly all the
313 people who failed to vote in 2000 either died or moved
away. And yet, miraculously, excluding third-party
candidates, only 14 fewer votes were cast for president in
2004 than in 2000. Bush managed to gain 13 votes in Precinct
I, while the Democrats lost 27, ostensibly because voter
turnout increased by 36.6%. There are 23 such precincts in
Clermont County, where turnout was up, but Kerry got fewer
votes than Gore.
I do not believe these numbers. They call into question both
the voter registration data and the turnout data for all of
Clermont County, and the validity of the vote count itself.
[b]These three counties between them, Butler, Warren, and
Clermont, provided nearly all of George W. Bush’s lead on
election night. They also provided, by far, his three largest
majorities, and the three largest increases in Bush’s margin
of victory among any of the 72 counties that he won. The
election results in Butler, Warren, and Clermont counties
should be challenged, for they call into question the results
for the entire State of Ohio. [/b]