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waylon (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-04 04:01 PM Original message |
Question on the electoral college system? |
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NWHarkness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-04 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. Simplest way to understand: |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-04 04:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. It is winner take all but in 2 states. |
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youngred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-04 04:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Nebraska I think |
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youngred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-04 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. Very simple |
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waylon (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-04 04:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Thanks, but further question |
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youngred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-04 04:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. sorry, unclear |
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dakota_democrat (334 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-04 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. Here's how it works... |
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never cry wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-04 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. It goes by state |
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BillZBubb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-04 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. How the electoral college works |
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Cicero (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-04 04:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Not every state is winner-take-all, of course... |
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eyesroll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-04 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
9. Gore won the popular vote but lost the electoral |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-04 04:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. and the margin of victory could be considered even higher |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-04 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
11. states get electors based on their reps and senators |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-04 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
14. An argument that I never have been able to understand is |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-15-04 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
15. If Bush won in 2004 by 282 to 256 using just the 41 smallest states |
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