Volunt?^VI, Number 10
Serving UNC-Wilmington since 1948
November 4, 2004
KERRY CONCEDES, BUSH WINS
Kiara Jones
News Editor
After a close presidential race,
in which all the votes have not yet
been counted, Sen. John Kerry has
conceded the Presidency to incum
bent George W. Bush, according to
reports by CNN.
State by state, the electoral votes
came in. The votes that would
decide the next president of the
United States would come in slowly
but surely, Vermont won by Kerry
and Florida won by Bush.
With so many news outlets
covering the election, it was hard
to know which one to follow. At
one point, Yahoo.com posted Bush
as having 249 electoral votes and
Kerry at 216, with C-SPAN fol
lowing suit; Fox News reported the
numbers as Bush, 269 and Kerry,
211; and CNN, Bush 249 and Kerry
at 196. Reports differed between
network television stations: NBC,
at one time, projected Bush as win
ner of all electoral votes for Ohio, as
CNN declared they were not ready
to take such a step.
In one of the closest elections in
the past 36 years, and in the wake
of the election fiasco of 2000, net
works erred on the side of caution
so as not to repeat the mistake of
declaring a wirmer too early.
The winning candidate needed
270 votes to be elected. Even at
press time, all votes were not in,
and provisional ballots were still
being tabulated. Absentee ballots
for those in the military were not
required to be received until after
Nov. 2 in some states, and there is
still about a 10-day window for the
votes to be counted.
Ohio was the buzzword Tuesday
night. With 20 electoral votes to
North Carolina Winners
Governor:
Easley (D): 55%
Ballantine (R): 43%
Howe (L); 2%
Senate:
Burr (R): 52%
Bowles (D): 47%
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House:
McIntyre (D): 72%
Plonk (R): 28%
Senate District 9:
Bosetnan (D): 51%
White(R): 49%
offer, it was the state that would ulti-
ihately determine the winner. A pos
sible problem in Ohio was createdby
the provisional ballots. Under Ohio
law, only those who have recently
moved are allowed to use provision
al ballots. Under federal law, those
who arrive at the polls and find that
either they are not registered or have
a problem with their registration are
allowed to vote.
Sophomore Richard Phillips
thinks that we’re in good hands with
Bush in the White House. _
“The Dow Jones is up 170 points
right now. If they’re projecting Bush
is going to win, I think the stock
market is responding,” said Phillips,
who is a pre-engineering major and
an aspiring politician. “Globally, we
may remain isolated fi'om our peers
in the rest of the world, but that
in itself should not cause concern.
The right thing to do is not always
popular and history has shown that,
such as Winston Churchill’s opposi
tion to Hitler. Just because what
were doing is not popular doesn’t
mean we’re wrong.”
“1 think were going to see a lot
of conservative acts pass through
the legislature now because now
Republicans have such a strong pres
ence in the senate that Republican
swing votes won’t make a difference
now,” said Benjamin Stikeleather, a
UNCW senior and history major.
Stikeleather supported Bush based
on his moral standpoints, but was
not too confident in his leadership
skills. He said that he didn’t think
that either candidate was top-notch,
but Bush’s morals are what sold
him.
While Kerry's lawyers wanted
to contest the election results in
Ohio, the candidate declined to do
so. In his concession speech, he
said, “I would not give up this fight
if there was a chance that we would
prevail.” Still, he cited his desire to
not divide the country.
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WASHINGTON, DC - Republican supporters celebrate as a pro
jection of the Ohio vote tally in favor of Bush is shown on a large
screen during the election night party for President George W. Bush
at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in
Washington, D.C., Tuesday night, November 2, 2004.