This is the number to remember, for so many reasons....
This is a silly diary just to recognize this number that holds so much importance in so many ways.
VICTORY
In 2000, Gore lost Florida by 537 votes.
We need 538 people to step up in Florida . . .
ELECTIONS
In the electoral college, there are 538 votes.
We need a majority of them to win . . .
POLLS
A website that monitors polls, www.fivethirtyeight.com.
This site rates polls, too, on their accuracy.
TAXES
Publication 538: Accounting Periods and Methods
The form with which businesses and individuals must declare their income and figure their taxes
BUDDHISM
538 CE is the year Buddhism was introduced to Japan.
JUDAIISM
538 BC is the year the Jewish exile ended, and Cyrus the Great allowed the Jews to return to Persia.
SUPREME COURT RULINGS
SMITH ET AL. v. DOE ET AL. 538 U.S. 84: This ruling upheld the Alaskan Sex Offender Registration Act, which allows sex offenders to be required to register even though they were convicted before the passage of the act.