Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 21:06:42 +0000
From: Dave Coull <coull-AT-ocicat.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: electoral vote



Erik asked


 > What will be "substantial" ?


Good question.

I think Kerry could get a convincing majority of the popular vote.
How this will translate into electoral college votes in the USA's
arcane sytem, we will only know when we see puffs of black
smoke emerging from the White House. Or do I mean puffs
of white smoke emerging from the Black House? Something
like that, anyway.


 > let's open it a bit
 >
 > in europe since a couple of years (decades) there is
 > a real shift to the (extreme) right, a


a what ?

Keri has to write an essay for her European Studies course
about the reasons for the rise of the far right in recent years,
so by all means let's have your thoughts on this, Erik !

Dave C