# Should Algore Throw in the Towel? (a poll) **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 28, 2000, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-algore-throw-in-the-towel-a-poll/43080 "2000-11-28T20:18:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-algore-throw-in-the-towel-a-poll/43080/61 "2000-12-12T21:48:36Z")
Wow, MC…that recitation of statisitcs was breathtakingly meaningless. As has been pointed out in these threads before, people vote, not land masses. And more people voted for Al. As for there being more murders in the areas where more people voted for Al…well, guy, there tend to be more murders per capita in densely populated areas. That densely populated areas also went for Gore doesn’t mean squat. You or anyone else trying to make the correlation that murderers vote for Gore is, at best, pretty damn funny. At worst it is evidence of a simple inability to reason. I’ll assume you meant to be amusing. stoid PS: Someone help me out here…I always forget the term for the logical fallacy that correlation = causation. I know some Doper or a hundred knows what its called. I always forget the names for the logical fallacies…but I know 'em when I see 'em! ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-algore-throw-in-the-towel-a-poll/43080/62 "2000-12-12T22:01:13Z")
average IQ in counties won by Gore: 125 Average IQ in counties won by Bush: 80 [sub] I didn’t say it, Pump Action Gerbil did…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-algore-throw-in-the-towel-a-poll/43080/63 "2000-12-12T22:13:53Z")
_post hoc ergo propter hoc_ 99% of heroin addicts were exposed to milk as children _ergo_ Milk drinking leads to heroin addiction (My folks paid about $1,500 for me to learn that. Thanks, Mom!) ---
**Author:** ![Wildest\_Bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Wildest\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildest_Bill)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-algore-throw-in-the-towel-a-poll/43080/64 "2000-12-12T22:18:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Stoidela \* > \*\*average IQ in counties won by Gore: 125 > > Average IQ in counties won by Bush: 80 > [sub] I didn’t say it, Pump Action Gerbil did…[/sub] \*\* Cite? ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-algore-throw-in-the-towel-a-poll/43080/65 "2000-12-12T22:22:57Z")
Don’t mind me, I’m just standing over here marvelling at the spectacle of WB asking for a cite. ---
**Author:** ![Wildest\_Bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Wildest\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildest_Bill)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-algore-throw-in-the-towel-a-poll/43080/66 "2000-12-12T22:30:38Z")
Gosh, Can’t I have some fun on these thread too? Do I always have to be serious and thought provoking? Hmmm? 😃 Anyway, I am away from the media today have the Supremes returned from their backstage deliberations yet? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-algore-throw-in-the-towel-a-poll/43080.md?page=3)