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For those of you who think Bush was elected based on Gay marriage...
From another board I am on...
From another board I am on...
It's been driving me nuts seeing the way some are trying to rationalize this election while overlooking the fact that this country has never defeated an incumbent during a time of war. People have misinterpreted 2 disparate issues and attempted to lump certain ballot initiatives together with the general election which I think shows a minority of the reason Bush was reelected (when I think 9/11/terrorism/fear/war were the real reasons people weren't going to vote him out)
To that end I present the following election results which I think illustrate this point very nicely:
Arkansas:
Ban Gay Marriage
Yes 746,382 75%
No 248,827 25%
President
Bush 566,678 54%
Kerry 464,157 45%
Georgia:
Ban Gay Marriage
Yes 2,316,327 76%
No 729,303 24%
President
Bush 1,889,545 58%
Kerry 1,345,008 41%
Kentucky
Ban Gay Marriage
Yes 1,218,682 75%
No 416,145 25%
President
Bush 1,066,736 60%
Kerry 710,858 40%
Michigan
Ban Gay Marriage
Yes 2,686,071 59%
No 1,902,082 41%
President
Kerry 2,471,905 51%
Bush 2,306,292 48%
Mississippi
Ban Gay Marriage
Yes 915,163 86%
No 146,789 14%
President
Bush 666,396 60%
Kerry 440,255 40%
Montana
Ban Gay Marriage
Yes 289,463 67%
No 145,741 33%
President
Bush 261,939 59%
Kerry 170,172 39%
Ohio
Ban Gay Marriage
Yes 3,242,160 62%
No 2,010,876 38%
President
Bush 2,796,147 51%
Kerry 2,659,664 49%
North Dakota
Ban Gay Marriage
Yes 222,899 73%
No 81,396 27%
President
Bush 195,998 63%
Kerry 110,662 36%
Oklahoma
Ban Gay Marriage
Yes 1,075,079 76%
No 347,246 24%
President
Bush 959,655 66%
Kerry 504,077 34%
Oregon
Ban Gay Marriage
Yes 974,703 57%
No 740,321 43%
President
Kerry 888,544 52%
Bush 818,792 48%