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Charting The Electoral Math Looks Good For Obama

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Chris Weigant

It's been about a month since we last took a look under the microscope at the possible outcomes of the Electoral College vote this November, so it's time for an update.

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What Happens If Obama And McCain Reach Exact Tie In Electoral College?

FiveThirtyEight.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Since we got some good discussion started in the polling thread about the possibility of a 269-269 electoral tie, I thought I'd run some numbers on it...

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Max Follmer

GOP Backers Of California Electoral Vote Initiative Raise Half-Million Dollars In Two Weeks

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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GOP proponents of a California ballot initiative to end the state's winner-take-all method of apportioning electoral votes have raised roughly $539,00...

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Time to Abolish Electoral Voting

Dixie Swanson | Posted 01.14.2013 | Politics
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Dixie Swanson

We have extended suffrage repeatedly and nothing awful has happened. Doing away with the electoral voting system will avert a disaster. Let's act now to prevent more election angst. Wasn't 2000 bad enough?

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