Gore's Tantrum Has Democrats Switching to GOP

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (UPI) – Al Gore's refusal to concede to President-elect Bush is causing a flood of Democrats to switch to the Republican Party.

The Duval County Supervisor of Elections office has been busy since Election Day signing up new voters and helping registrants change parties, WJXT-TV of Jacksonville reported Friday. Clerks said they have never seen anything like it after any other presidential election.

Many people are registering to vote for the first time. Many have said they did not realize before this election that their vote could really count.

Assistant Supervisor of Elections Dick Carlsberg said he talked to the clerks in the office and they told him, "There's been a definite surge in party affiliation changes, and it's been from Democrat to Republican."

He said nothing like this had happened after the presidential elections in 1996 and 1992.

One disgruntled former Democrat is John Carswell, who switched recently after 34 years in the party since he first registered to vote. He said he did it because he didn't like the way the Democratic Party had reacted to the presidential election results.

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-- Uncle Bob (unclb0b@aol.com), December 02, 2000

Answers

I wonder what these former Democrats political views are. Are they conservative, liberal or moderate.

If a surge of liberal-leaning people were to start voting in Florida's Republican Primarys it might have interesting results.

-- Dr. Pibb (dr.pibb@zdnetonebox.com), December 02, 2000.

I hear gasping. Anyone else hear gasping? Sounds like going down for the third time is kind of like being down after the third count.

-- Carlos (riffraff@cybertime.net), December 02, 2000.