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Winning the Election, Part 2
anonymous
February 28 2004, 17:35:11 UTC
Here are some facts about the electorial college that I think both Darin and Trevor will find interesting....
California accounts for 11% of the U.S. population and has 20% of the electoral votes needed to win
The president with the majority votes has lost the election fifteen times, this does not include the 2000 election which is yet to be decided.
While extremely rare a elector can be "unfaithful" and vote for someone other than what the state has voted.
With the exception of two states its a winner take all scenario, whoever wins the state's popular vote wins all the electoral votes. Thus allowing a canidate to concentrate his/her efforts on a few key states while ignoring the rest of the nation. For instance a canidate only needs to win the following states to win the election: California, Texas, Florida, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina and either Georgia or Virginia. The current system disallows a third canidate from having any chance of winning an election.
California accounts for 11% of the U.S. population and has 20% of the electoral votes needed to win
The president with the majority votes has lost the election fifteen times, this does not include the 2000 election which is yet to be decided.
While extremely rare a elector can be "unfaithful" and vote for someone other than what the state has voted.
With the exception of two states its a winner take all scenario, whoever wins the state's popular vote wins all the electoral votes. Thus allowing a canidate to concentrate his/her efforts on a few key states while ignoring the rest of the nation. For instance a canidate only needs to win the following states to win the election: California, Texas, Florida, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina and either Georgia or Virginia.
The current system disallows a third canidate from having any chance of winning an election.
Cui (The last post was mine too)
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