I couldn't vote this year. I was exactly 5 months too young. 5 is also the number of years I will have to wait until there is new leadership and a new direction in this country. I was honestly surprised about how unclose that was. I would be surprised in a different way if it was unclose to the challenger, but that is just my opinion. In the morning, CNN said it would be an easy win for Kerry, and that he would win both Florida and Ohio, but they were COMPLETELY wrong. I was also surprised by Andy Baker's comments about the UAW workers in Kokomo voting for Bush 2 to 1. I guess I should lose my stereotypes.

I
heard that there were two main reasons Kerry lost Ohio.
1. 40% of the voters were from rural Ohio, while the actual demographics is 77% Urban and 23% Rural (Journal and Courier)
2. The Gay Marriage vote attracted many conservatives and tipped the balance.
My teacher also said that the hurricane aid may have tipped Floridians toward Bush. I even heard (on 60 minutes) that there were 4 million Evangelicals (largely conservative) that didn't vote in 2000.
I still don't understand how Bush won by a 3.5 million margin.
On the up side, there is 2008, and it is never too early to make a difference.