Was the 2004 Presidential Election Stolen? Exit Polls, Election Fraud, and the Official Count – Steven F. Freeman and Joel Bleifuss
Was the 2004 Presidential Election Stolen? Exit Polls, Election Fraud, and the Official Count – Steven F. Freeman and Joel Bleifuss, Seven Stories Press (2006) 265pp. (S) ***
Recently, Robert Kennedy, Jr. wrote an extensive, thoroughly documented, piece for Rolling Stone magazine on the probable theft of the 2004 U.S. presidential election. Was the 2004 Presidential Election Stolen, was also published this year (2006). While some may genuinely comment that such analyzes are far too little too late, one must nonetheless appreciate these efforts to get the truth out, no matter what the timing. (It must also be noted that the principle author, Steven Freeman, wrote online immediately following the election, pointing out the wide discrepancy between exit poll figures and the official tallies.)
Essentially what Freeman and Bleifuss do is extrapolate their findings from these sets of numbers: the 2004 exit polls (prior to there being “adjusted” as to better match the final tallies), the 2004 official tallies, and the 2000 official tallies. There are, of course, other sets of numbers (like opinion polls), but it is these three that are principally cited by the authors. For those who like mathematics and statistics, Freeman and Bleifuss offer a bevy of charts and graphs, so as to better supplement their argument. The numbers, at times, are a bit overwhelming, but the reader can easily see the need for an in depth analysis of these numbers, if the authors are to succeed in making their points. This is the general conclusion that they come to: “National exit polls [in the 2004 U.S. presidential race] indicate that Bush suffered a defeat in the popular vote by approximately 7 million votes, a margin of about 5 percentage points. On the other hand, the official story of Bush’s 3 million vote victory is simply not substantiated by the data. The only conclusion consistent with the data is that the 2004 U.S. presidential election was stolen.”(p.296) Need we say more?
Recently, Robert Kennedy, Jr. wrote an extensive, thoroughly documented, piece for Rolling Stone magazine on the probable theft of the 2004 U.S. presidential election. Was the 2004 Presidential Election Stolen, was also published this year (2006). While some may genuinely comment that such analyzes are far too little too late, one must nonetheless appreciate these efforts to get the truth out, no matter what the timing. (It must also be noted that the principle author, Steven Freeman, wrote online immediately following the election, pointing out the wide discrepancy between exit poll figures and the official tallies.)
Essentially what Freeman and Bleifuss do is extrapolate their findings from these sets of numbers: the 2004 exit polls (prior to there being “adjusted” as to better match the final tallies), the 2004 official tallies, and the 2000 official tallies. There are, of course, other sets of numbers (like opinion polls), but it is these three that are principally cited by the authors. For those who like mathematics and statistics, Freeman and Bleifuss offer a bevy of charts and graphs, so as to better supplement their argument. The numbers, at times, are a bit overwhelming, but the reader can easily see the need for an in depth analysis of these numbers, if the authors are to succeed in making their points. This is the general conclusion that they come to: “National exit polls [in the 2004 U.S. presidential race] indicate that Bush suffered a defeat in the popular vote by approximately 7 million votes, a margin of about 5 percentage points. On the other hand, the official story of Bush’s 3 million vote victory is simply not substantiated by the data. The only conclusion consistent with the data is that the 2004 U.S. presidential election was stolen.”(p.296) Need we say more?
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