Well the election is over and Bush is victorious. The electoral vote was rather close and it all came down to Ohio. With a 130,000 vote lead, Kerry conceded graciously. The Senate picked up seats and leads 55-44-1 (+4) and the House is 232-201-1 (+3). So the Republicans now control all three by a healthy margin. This is their time to shine. They will have the ability to do what they what without the obstructionist of the Democrats or even liberal Republicans. Big things ought to happen and they will have to make good on their promises as they lack any excuses. When it comes to judicial nominees, if the Democrats threaten filibuster, the Republicans better call their bluff, and force them to filibuster instead of rolling over.
The final vote tally is below. I was quite close with my popular vote prediction, with only being 0.1% off for Bush, 0.48% off for Kerry and 0.08% off for the other third party. Bush’s popular vote tally didn’t quite translate into an electoral vote blowout, and my prediction was somewhat optimistic. Nader did even worse than predicted and barely got more votes than the libertarian candidate.
Bush (R): 279 EV 58,978,616 51.10%
Kerry (D): 252 EV 55,384,497 47.98%
Nader (I): 394,578 0.342%
Badnarik (L): 377,940 0.327%
14 other 3rd Parties: 292097, 0.253%
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