Math Mythbusters
I have this thing wherein errors in statistics and/or math just drive me nuts. So when I read that based on the exit polls, more people voted against Bush than voted for Kerry, I'm driven nuts. Let's examine the exit polls (scroll down to the "Your Vote for President Was Mostly") :
YOUR VOTE FOR PRESIDENT WAS MOSTLY...
BUSH KERRY NADER For Your Candidate (69%) 59% 40% 0% Against His Opponent (25%) 30% 70% 0%
What does this tell us? It tells us that 40% of the 69% of all voters who voted for candidate voted for Kerry. In other words, 27.6% of voters voted for Kerry (do the math). Furthermore, 70% of the 25% of all voters who voted against opponent voted against Bush. This equals 17.5% of voters who voted against Bush. Presumably the remaining 6% either refused to answer, had a different answer, or some combination of the two. Let's even assume that, worst-case scenario, those 6% really belong in the vote against opponent category, 70% of whom voted against Bush. This would mean that 21.7% of voters voted against Bush.
In other words, more voters voted for Kerry than voted against Bush. Not by a lot, but nonetheless.
Don't mess with my mad math skillz.