I’ve done a statistical analysis of Nader voters based on the 2000 exit poll. That poll included a question about whom if anyone the voter would have supported without Nader on the ballot. I (logistically) regressed those answers against demographic information so that I could infer statewide results (with error bars to account for uncertainty). That’s why I can say that in NH, Nader probably helped Gore; and in Florida, a proportionally larger sample allows me to say with certainty that Nader helped Bush by over 500 votes statewide.

So go ahead, call me bogus again, and then throw up another smokescreen with other causes. When something comes that close, there are plenty of things besides Nader you can correctly point your finger at. But that doesn’t mean I’m wrong for pointing mine at him.

(By the way, I voted for him, though it was in a safe state. So it’s not that I’m biased against him. I’m just stating facts.)