Bush Defeat Not Numerically Possible

Here are the real-time numbers in Ohio: PRESIDENT

CANDIDATE VOTE TOTAL PERCENT WINNER
Bush (Rep)* 2794346 51%
Kerry (Dem) 2658125 49%
% of precincts reporting: 100

margin: 136,221
Official provisional ballot count:

County Number, County Name, Provisional Ballots Issued
1 Adams 184
2 Allen 1,374
3 Ashland 629
4 Ashtabula 1,142
5 Athens 2,504
6 Auglaize 647
7 Belmont 1,067
8 Brown 326
9 Butler 5,793
10 Carroll 304
11 Champaign 555
12 Clark 1,279
13 Clermont 1,818
14 Clinton 378
15 Columbiana 1,085
16 Coshocton
17 Crawford 424
18 Cuyahoga 24,788
19 Darke
20 Defiance 541
21 Delaware 1,891
22 Erie 1,072
23 Fairfield 1,306
24 Fayette 293
25 Franklin 14,443
26 Fulton 381
27 Gallia 574
28 Geauga 668
29 Greene 2,127
30 Guernsey 558
31 Hamilton 14,386
32 Hancock 791
33 Hardin 349
34 Harrison 89
35 Henry 250
36 Highland 494
37 Hocking 251
38 Holmes 170
39 Huron 670
40 Jackson 422
41 Jefferson 650
42 Knox
43 Lake 1,975
44 Lawrence 599
45 Licking 1,565
46 Logan 650
47 Lorain 4,134
48 Lucas
49 Madison
50 Mahoning
51 Marion 928
52 Medina 1,266
53 Meigs 240
54 Mercer
55 Miami
56 Monroe 132
57 Montgomery 9,227
58 Morgan 160
59 Morrow 314
60 Muskingum 871
61 Noble 75
62 Ottawa 469
63 Paulding
64 Perry 428
65 Pickaway 553
66 Pike 285
67 Portage 1,445
68 Preble 493
69 Putnam 246
70 Richland 1,357
71 Ross 537
72 Sandusky 760
73 Scioto 867
74 Seneca 494
75 Shelby 791
76 Stark 6,653
77 Summit
78 Trumbull 2,700
79 Tuscarawas 987
80 Union 436
81 Van Wert 297
82 Vinton 129
83 Warren 1,465
84 Washington 643
85 Wayne 818
86 Williams 694
87 Wood 2,655
88 Wyandot 138
135,149

Margin 136,221
Provisional ballots 135,149

Bush wins mathematically, as White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card stated:

White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card, in a pre-dawn appearance before Bush supporters at a planned victory rally, said Bush had compiled a “statistically insurmountable” lead in Ohio and had won a majority of the popular vote.

“We are convinced that President Bush has won re-election,” Card said, adding Bush would make a statement later on Wednesday.