I've been puzzling over a

point related to this and hope some of you can shed some light on it. According to numerous articles I've read,

minorities and young people registered and voted in droves this election. Normally, both groups tend to vote

democratic. Just due to populations that should have been most noticable in large metropolitan areas but should have

swung an equal percentage across the board. So, what happened? Did more of them vote republican than would be

expected or did all their votes get lost in both rural and metro regions or did the influx of other voters outweigh

them or were their votes really reflected in the outcome which would have been more heavily weighted towards Bush?



I'm not offering opinions but find it difficult to explain.